All,
I have created and distributed numerous "thin client" Vfp7 applications on
our corporate network.  All of the executables, data files, and runtime
libraries [e.g., msvcr70.dll, vfp7r.dll, vfp7renu, and vfp7t.dll] will be in

Hi Gang,
When deploying an application for network multi user, which is the best
method, placing the application and data on the server, or placing the
application on the local, and the data on the server? Or is there another

Help NewBe,
In VFP6 In the tools option, it allowed me to save my settings as "Default".
In VFP8 it won't let me save the "Default Options". Any help?
ThankX

Hi friend
We'd been using vfp6 for our application.we have huge client base.recently we moved on to vfp8 and using installshield3.5 sp
my question is
Recently we did new build in vfp8 and created setup with installshield

We have 500 meg of FoxPro DBF data on a dedicated two processor Windows 2000 server with adequate RAM. Performance is very good. Lots of space on the hard drive
But on other sites, the DBF data is on a network file server with word processing files and spreadsheets and so forth. ...

Is it possible to capture vfp events when closing a compiled vfp program from the taskbar? When my application closes, the exe process for that instance of the application remains open - leading to the dreaded "Cannot quit VFP" message when the user logs out. I have a closedown ...

Is there anyone who can tell me, or might be able to guess why in the world
the VFP OLE DB driver registers itself in the current user's context, and
not for the entire machine?
SQL Server's OLE DB driver registers for the system, as does the OLEDB

My installation of VFP6.0 recently began displaying files in a date/time ("Modified") sort order within the Open (file) dialogue window.  I want to know how to restore the default sort order to Filename-ascending ("Name")
Does anyone know how to correct this
Thanks in advance

When loading an application writted in VFP 6 on a Windows XP machine we get Windows File Protection errors indicating that older files are being written over more current versions.  This happens with msvcrt40.dll and msvcp50.dll.  Checking the script and the files being written ...

a customer keeps getting the following error message (in German) after
having installed our FoxPro application:
"Die CD verursachte einen Fehler durch eine ungültige Seite im Modul
VFP8R.DLL bei 016f:0c018d71."

I am getting this message "cannot update the cursor FOXRESOURCE'
The 'set as default' button is not enabled on my options screen. No settings are being saved
I have deleted every single foxuser.* file on my system
Also I deleted all the files under C:\Documents and Settings\David ...

Using Visual FoxPro 8, I'm getting Error 1693 when compiling a project.  GenMenu and GenScrn are
there. Any idea why I'm getting this error at compile time, and/or any suggestions for a fix?

I created a custom class with a method containing 17 parameters and
thereafter add that class onto my form. When I use the code viewer to view
my custom class method it displays
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

Installing Visual Foxpro 5.0 in a new Win2000 setup I get the error message:  "The configuration of the ODBC Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls) driver failed."
After which the program reports the installation has failed and quits
Anyone know whether this is a Foxpro missing file here ...

I have installed MSDE as part of the FoxPro 7 install but I have not been
able to find how to create databases/tables.  Any help would be appreciated
Thanks