PRB: Setup Wizard Does Not Use Updated Run Time Files (177214)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q177214

SYMPTOMS

When you install a newer version of Visual FoxPro 5.0 (for example, 5.0a or a Service Pack) over an older version and you rerun the Setup Wizard to recreate an application for distribution, the newer version of the run time files are not automatically used. Although you have installed the update to address a specific bug or issue, unexpected results occur when you re- create and redistribute your application. The installation of the updated application does not resolve the problem.

CAUSE

The older version of the run time is compressed in the Visual FoxPro \Distrib folder and is being used by the Setup Wizard.

RESOLUTION

After you install the updated Visual FoxPro version or Service Pack, delete the Visual FoxPro\Distrib folder. The Distrib folder is re-created when you run the Setup Wizard and the updated run time files will be used.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Install Visual FoxPro version 5.0 or 5.0a on the development computer.
  2. Check the version of the Vfp500.dll file on the development computer Right-click the Vfp500.dll file located in the Windows\System folder (Windows 95) or Winnt\System32 folder (Windows NT). In Explorer, click version.

    The version of Vfp500.dll will be as follows: 

             Visual FoxPro 5.0         5.0
         Visual FoxPro 5.0a        5.0a (Build 402)

  3. Run the Setup Wizard to create an application for distribution. Select the Visual FoxPro run time check box in Step 2 of the Setup Wizard.
  4. Install the application on a computer that does not have Visual FoxPro installed.
  5. On the destination computer, check the version of the file Vfp500.dll in the Windows\System folder (Windows 95) or Winnt\System32 folder (Windows NT). This will be the same as the version installed on the development computer, as determined in Step 2.
  6. Install the Visual Studio Service Pack 2 on the development computer.
  7. On the development computer, check the version of the Vfp500.dll file in the Windows\System folder (Windows 95) or Winnt\System32 folder (Windows NT). The version of Vfp500.dll will Be 5.0a (Build 412).
  8. Repeat Steps 3 through 5. The version of Vfp500.dll on the destination computer will be the same as the version in Step 2, rather than Step 7.

To Demonstrate Resolution:

  1. Delete the Visual FoxPro\Distrib folder on the development computer.
  2. Repeat Steps 3 through 5 above. The version of Vfp500.dll on the destination computer will now be the same as the version installed on the development computer, as determined in Step 7.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/18/2001
Keywords:kbprb KB177214
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