This is not necessary for users. An executable file finds all necessary DLLs in the directory of the application, you are running, on server. If you have about 50 local stations you may not want to install VFP's DLLs on every single station, but rather have them on server in your application directory. It should work, yet the speed of this approach is questionable.

>>Hi Michelle,
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>>We have both executables and data on a server. All neccessary (run time) DLLs are located on local machines. It works fine. BTW I am curious, what if I set up all DLLs on the server, how much is speed degradance would be?
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>I think someone said elsewhere in this thread that the DLLs need to be on the local machines.
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>Thanks,