I had developed a small application using VFP 3.0. I created CDs using SETUP wizard in VFP and sent out to (Shipping) agents (not secret agent!)

in the Far East region. (By the way, I work for a major shipping line, the agents appointed in various countries handle the admin and paper work for our customers. So our customers' goods can be shipped on our vessels)

Strangely, some agents could install the app without problem. Some agent encountered problem such as "some system files were out of date or error with some system files" (not exact words, something to that effect).

some agents had problem that the setup program kept asking for disk 1 to be inserted. (The app contained on a Compact Disc!).

They installed it on WIN 95. Could it be the version problem?

Could anyone offers any clue? thanks

Regards Lim Lik Chian (Mr)

LLC

<FONT COLOR="#663300"><I>Strangely, some agents could install the app without problem. Some agent encountered problem such as "some system files were out of date or error with some system files" (not exact words, something to that effect). some agents had problem that the setup program kept asking for disk 1 to be inserted. (The app contained on a Compact Disc!).

They installed it on WIN 95. Could it be the version problem? Could anyone offers any clue?</I></FONT>

Sounds like they had older DLL versions of some components, or were missing some of them. I've found lots of problems installing systems which relied on ActiveX controls, since many target systems did not contain them, or contained older versions.

You may need to consider a more advanced installer than the one created by the Setup Wizard. I've heard lots of good things about InstallShield, although I haven't used it myself.

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