Can I create runtime using FXP format

[VinWizard]

Hi
Is it possible to compile fxp files into a runtime in FoxPro 6. I dont have the prg's and don't want to install FoxPro.exe. Does it have to be done using the original program files.

Thanks

 

[danceman]

Unless there is some third party product out there, you will have to install foxpro to create an exe. I guess you are talking about DOS 2.5 fox??? Attitude is Everything

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Danceman

No I think he specified "FoxPro 6".

 

[danceman]

mgagnon

he did say foxpro.exe visual is vfp6.exe, windows 2.6 foxprow.exe. Attitude is Everything

 

[VinWizard]

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
I have Visual Foxpro 6. The problem is on the clients computer. I am a third part that receives the FXP's from the programmer and distributes it. For the client to run the program I cal VFP.exe and then the required fxp for the menu. There are hundreds of fxp's in the program. This makes it easier to distribute changes etc. My problem is that I have to distribute VFP.exe with the program. I would rather distribute a runtime only.


Thanks

 

[Mike Gagnon]

VinWizard

There a two ways to distribute an application.
1.Either you include all the forms in the Exe, and the only thing you need to send to the client is the compiled exe (provided the application and runtime files have been previously installed on the client's machine)

2. Or you exclude the forms from the exe, and distribute the forms seperately, as you seem to be doing.

But distributing VFP itself? Maybe there something in the application setup that requires that, but normally all you need are the rutime files and the application itself, not VFP itself.

 

[VinWizard]

Hi
Thanks for your help. I didn't realise that I could keep the program files seperate from the exe. That solves a problem in distrubution.

Regards