Hi Fred

Please read my answer to Colin Northway.

>Hi Tore,
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>But if you keep and run your .EXE from the server and have multiple users, you can not update that .EXE while any user is in the application. With the .EXE local and a launcher that updates the local copy from the server, it can be updated while people are still using it.
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>>Hi Alex
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>>Regarding the loader program, I agree. However, regarding this loader exe I recommend leaving it on the server. The exe is loaded only once at startup, so the network traffic is minimal. You shall have a really huge exe before you will see any gain in putting it on the local machine. My main exep is about 20MB, and I have tested it intensely.
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>>>>I have a VFP8 application (compiled into exe).
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>>>>Is it a lot better to have the user run a local copy instead of off the network?
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>>>>I prefer to run it from the network since it is so much easier to update everyone in one place.
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>>>You should put the EXE on each workstation, along with all the local temp files (config.fpw). That will reduce load on the network and speed up program loading. To manage different versions, you could use a loader program that check for a newer version off the server, (you can find some examples here in the UT Downloads and a good one on Rick Strahl's site).