How to: Install Additional Applications

This release includes copies of additional software that you can install and use with Visual FoxPro. These include:

  • InstallShield Express Limited Edition

    Provides the capability to package and deploy the applications that you create using Visual FoxPro. Visual FoxPro includes the InstallShield Express 5.0 Visual FoxPro Limited Edition.

    Note

    The limited and full editions of InstallShield Express 5.0 are considered two versions of the same product and cannot coexist. If you install one version on a computer where another already exists, the original is uninstalled automatically. Because the limited edition contains fewer features than the full edition, you should keep the full edition on your computer.

  • Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Samples

    Provides samples for demonstrating how to consume and publish XML Web services. Visual FoxPro Prerequisites installs the core SOAP Toolkit 3.0 components needed to access and publish XML Web services in Visual FoxPro.

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)

    Provides a personal version of SQL Server.

To install InstallShield Express Limited Edition

  1. Insert the Visual FoxPro CD.

    The Visual FoxPro Setup start page opens automatically.

  2. Click Install InstallShield Express.

  3. Follow the instructions in the InstallShield Express installation wizard.

You can also locate the Setup.exe file for InstallShield Express in the InstallShield folder on the Visual FoxPro CD.

Note

Visual FoxPro 9.0 installs its redistributable merge modules in the same location as Visual FoxPro 8.0.

The version of InstallShield Express included with Visual FoxPro 9.0 automatically uses the Visual FoxPro 9.0 merge module location.

Note

Visual FoxPro 9.0 requires certain merge modules when creating a Visual FoxPro 9.0 redistributable custom application setup program using InstallShield Express.

You need to include the following merge modules when creating your custom setup program:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9 Runtime Libraries

  • Microsoft Visual C Runtime Library 7.1

  • GDI Plus Redist

  • MSXML 4.0

  • MSXML 3.0 (needed only for CURSORTOXML functions)

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9 Runtime Language Libraries (specific language library files that may be needed for international applications)

  • Reporting Applications (needed for Visual FoxPro 9.0 reporting engine)

Note

MSXML 4.0 consists of two merge modules (msxml4sxs32.msm and msxml4sys32.msm). MSXML 3.0 consists of three merge modules (msxml3_wim32.msm, msxml3inf_wim32.msm and wdstddll_wim32.msm).

To install SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Samples

  1. Insert the Visual FoxPro CD.

    The Visual FoxPro Setup start page opens automatically.

  2. Click Install SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Samples.

  3. Follow the instructions in the SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Samples Setup Wizard.

You can also locate the Soapsdk.msi and Soapsamp.msi files for the SOAP Toolkit in the SOAPToolkit folder on the Visual FoxPro CD.

To install MSDE

  1. Insert the Visual FoxPro CD.

    The Visual FoxPro Setup start page opens automatically.

  2. Click Install Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) and follow the installation instructions that appear in the Readme file.

You can locate the Setup.exe file for MSDE in the SQLMSDE folder on the Visual FoxPro CD.

Note

Visual FoxPro includes Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Service Pack 3.0a. To make sure you have the most recent version and Service Pack installed, visit the Microsoft SQL Server Web page at https://www.microsoft.com/sql. In addition, if you are distributing custom Visual FoxPro applications that require MSDE, you can obtain the redistributable merge modules from the Microsoft SQL Server Web page for use with Windows Installer-based setup programs.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Install Visual FoxPro

Other Resources

Installing Visual FoxPro