AFAIK yes you can - and that's the strategy we're adopting for vfp9 - there's too much danger of running a SP1 app against SP2 support files (or vice versa) otherwise.
Jeff Johnson wrote: > I have heard two different answers on this and I am still confused. Can > you place the VFP runtimes in the same folder as the application (or > path) and run VFP apps without installing the runtimes? VFP 7 and VFP 9? > > TIA > > Jeff > > Jeff Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SanDC, Inc. > 623-582-0323 > Fax 623-869-0675 > > Brian Abbott wrote: >> Hi Ted >> >> We've been going through much the same process recently - we have a >> program which is a stub that copies the app file from the server so >> having ability to read/write to the local folder is important. We've >> ended up going the route that many, many people seem to have done and a) >> not installing under Program Files In Vista (if UAC is enabled >> everything down that tree is read-only after install) and b) forcing the >> installation folder to be read/write. >> >> Additional stuff that may be useful if you don't know it already: >> >> - to check permissions in the current folder, we use this code from >> Christof Lange that was posted to MSDN forums: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/246qfu >> >> - use API call IsUserAnAdmin() to check if user has admin rights >> >> - using Inno rather than IE (a no-brainer in any case IMHO!) >> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
