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Re: VFP compatibility with 64 bit OS
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Apr. 16, 2013
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| From: | Doug Hennig |
| To: | Andrew Hall |
I am using InstallShield Express provided with VFP9 as the installer for my application. The resultant files after installation of my app on a Windows7-64 bit machine in Program Files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\VFP are (Foxhhelp files,Report??.app files+) VFP9r.dll, VFP9RENU.dll, VFP9t.dll,MSVCR71.dll (the last of which I added within InstallShield and is also present in the Program Files (x86) application directory).
A couple of suggestions:
- Use Inno Setup. It's a free, fast, easy-to-use installer than many VFP developers use. Unlike the version of InstallShield that comes with VFP 9, Inno knows all about modern systems, including 64-bit Windows 7.
- Put the VFP runtimes in the application folder. That eliminates several problems, including possible interaction between different versions of VFP installed by multiple applications (which isn't an issue if yours is the only VFP application on the system).
I've been doing this for years and have yet to run into installer or UAC-related issues.
Doug
