Run time install problem Version 5.0

[rohbe]

Hello

This post is a followup to a problem that I posted a year ago and has not yet been resolved. I know - quick....
At least now I have a little more information on the problem. I use the Wizard to build an application CD. I then take it to a site and load it on the network. Any user that goes ahead installs the application from the CD and runs the application has no problem but any user that attempts to start any VFP 5.0 application from the network gets a UNABLE TO LOAD RESOURCE FILE error message.

The resource file FOXUSER is out there on the network. Since only the files that all users run are the same then I assume that the VFP runtime install from CD does some writing to the Registry. Are there any updates to the registry that I can make so that each user does not have to load the CD but can directly from the network.

Thanks,
Jean

 

[Mike Gagnon]

rohbe

Whether the application sits on the server, or the exe is on the client and the data is on the server each individual client has to have the rutime files on their station. Create a "client install application" the will only install the rutime files for any new "client".

Mike Gagnon

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[rohbe]

I did create a "client install application" It's written in VFP and can't start.

Thanks,
Jean

 

[Mike Gagnon]

rohbe

And it contains all the required runtime files and they get all installed and registered and the computer is rebooted?

Mike Gagnon

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[rohbe]

I am sorry but I do not understand what you are saying. I put VFP500.dll, the runtime program on the network. Do I have to put the SETUP disk on the network as well and the first time the users run the VFP application have the users kick off the SETUP program to update the Registry???
Thanks, Jean

 

[Mike Gagnon]

rohbe

Perhaps I'm not making myself clear. If the EXE is either on the server or the cleint's machine, the VFP500.dll (and any other required runtime files) needs to be installed and registered on the each station.

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.