Thanks John!

>I agree and will look into it. Since I joined MS, I have been in charge of setup testing.
>
>>Thanks John,
>>
>>After I installed the SOAP Toolkit separately, the VFP 8 installation worked.
>>Still, it should obey the /NO_BSLN_CHECK option.
>>
>>>I'll look at it again, Nick
>>>
>>>>Well, I am going to report this issue once again. :)
>>>>
>>>>I got the new PC at work
>>>>Windows 2000 Professional, SP4
>>>>Visual Studio .Net Version 7.0.9466 (Not VS.Net 2003) was installed before VFP 8.
>>>>VFP8 setup fails on installation of the SOAP Toolkit,
>>>>and does not respect running setup with Setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK option.
>>>>I am local Admin on my PC. Setup runs from the folder other than default Temp.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone found the reason yet?
>>>>
>>>>So far, I just made a quick workaround and made VFP8 work by just copying the content of VFP folder from setup to the intended place in Program Files.
>>>>
>>>>>We haven't seen this behavior and we tested the heck out of this combination (interop testing) a few months back. Could this be a privileges issue? Are you a local Admin on your machine?
>>>>>
>>>>>There's a tool (non-MS) available free called InstallWatch. Do a websearch and you'll find it. You can always run this tool during the setup and it might tell you what's going on.
>>>>>
>>>>>No one else has reported this issue AFAIK.
>>>>>
>>>>>>What happens is that I go to install prerequisites and it goes through the motions and it looks like prereqs are installing (Installer and Soap Kit). Then when it comes back to main installation screen, only Prereqs are highlighted, not the Visual FoxPro option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My co-worker said he installed it with a similar setup as me (XP, VS2003 Final Beta) so I am going to go back and look at a few other things. I am using the MSDN Universal VFP8 so I extract it to a fresh vfp8 install directory and run setup from there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi David,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In order to reproduce the issue, I need more information....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>1) What version of VS 2003?
>>>>>>>2) What version of Windows 2003 server.
>>>>>>>3) Where was VFP 8 setup started from?
>>>>>>>4) What is the nature of the failure?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On a WinXP laptop VFP8 won't install with VS2003.
>>>>>>>>On a Windows 2003 server with VS2003 VFP8 won't install (doesn't get past prerequisites even with /NO_BSLN_CHECK option)
>>>>>>>>On a Windows 2000 server with .NET runtime 1.0 VFP8 installs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Anyone know what the problem is?