This is true. Years ago with FoxproDos we experimented with having the libraries and our EXE on the local workstation and found that it made very little or no performance difference and was not worth the support effort. We always install the dll & ocx with our EXE and it has worked with every fox version through vfp9 sp1.
You do need to register many of the dll and ocx on every local machine, but they can be located on the server. We find the single most important factor in performance with vfp (and our program of course) is the amount of memory you have. There are a lot of rumors out there about how much memory you can have on this or that os. We put 4 gb on xp sp2 and we find that it will show at least 3.35 gb and so it is worth the cost if you need performance. Fox is a memory hog, so you may realize decreased performance on the startup because it is loading programs, however, once your program is running, we find the performance is much improved. We have done a lot of tests (with our software only) over the years. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Schummer To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:35 AM Subject: RE: VFP9: Runtime >> The runtimes have to be installed on the client machine(s).<< False. While they can be installed on the workstation and the performance is marginally better, they can be installed on the server in the app folder. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com [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/6d8628a7c5fc42378d4a0f80dc4d8...@w2k3s02 ** 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.
