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creating a stand alone exe file in foxpro2.6

i have develpoed a program and i used the project builder for creating a stand alone exe file that could be run on dos and not in a foxpro environment but could not do so could anyone guide me how could i create a stand alone exe file in fox pro.

ramrom

ForPro does not support stand alone executables. Runtime files must be present along with your .exe. You use the setup wizard to create a set of files that can install your executable along with the appropriate runtime files on a target computer.

JohnBickner

If I remember right (and there's a good chance I don't), there was a level of FoxPro 2.6 that would allow you to create an exe file and and one that didn't. Kind of like Standard, Professional and Enterprise versions, only I don't think they called them that.

I also faintly remember a distributable engine that would run an app, but I think it was dropped before they got to 2.6.

What happens when you try to create an executable?

Makarand

Foxpro 2.6 have distribution kit.

CW_LO

If you are running the professional edition of FoxPro 2.6, then:

1. you have to build a project from your source code .prg
2. you have to build a standalone .exe from your project .pjx

Maxinquaye

It sounds like you have already created the .EXE file. The problem you have (and I discovered when I first started in Foxpro 2.6) is that the .EXE will not run unless you include the Foxpro runtime file in the same directory as the .EXE you wish to run.

For Foxpro 2.6 the runtime file you need is:

FOXW2600.ESL

You should be able to find this file in the same directory as the one in which you installed Foxpro.

zdravko

you shoud obtain fox pro distribution kit and install it. then you can make .exe file from project. Then you can distribute .exe (always with library named foxw2600.esl)

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