INFO: How Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Affects Visual FoxPro5.0 (173696)

SUMMARY

This article explains how Visual Studio Service Pack 1 affects Visual FoxPro versions 5.0x and the files that they use. However, installing Service Pack 1 will update some of the Visual Studio shared components that Visual FoxPro uses.

MORE INFORMATION

Visual Studio Service Pack 1 does not include any bug fixes for Visual FoxPro versions 5.0x.

To install Visual Studio Service Pack 1, run the Setup.exe program. The setup routine automatically detects the Visual Studio components that you have installed on your system and displays a list of files that need to be updated. Once confirmed, the files are updated.

After updating your installation of any of the Visual Studio applications, Visual Studio Service Pack 1 appends any actions to the VS97SP1.log file, which is stored in the root directory of the drive where Windows is installed.

When applied, Visual Studio Service Pack 1 updates the following files that are used by Visual FoxPro:

COMCTL32.OCX
COMCTL32.DEP
MFC42.DLL
MSVCRT.DLL
ODBCCR32.DLL

REFERENCES

For a list of the bug fixes in Visual Studio Service Pack 1, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170366 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1 Readme

For additional information about Visual Studio Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base using the "VS97FixlistSP1" keyword to find all of the articles related to the Visual Studio Service Pack 1 release.