Problem with msvcr71.dll on install?

[amwprogg]

Hi all.
I am installing a VFP9 application with InstallShield - works fine on most installs - but sometimes it crashes out of the install saying "Cannot find msvcr71.dll".
This file is definitely there, in the INSTALLDIR.
Anyone else had this problem?
Thanks.
Andy.

 

[wgcs]

Is the InstallDir the default directory when the program is starting up?

(It's not good enough for a SET DEFAULT command inside your code to go to that directory, since that DLL is needed before the .EXE can execute any of your VFP code)

It could be that all of your installs work identically, and the computers that don't have a problem are the ones that already had msvcr71.dll in their Windows directory (or elsewhere on the path)

- Bill

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[amwprogg]

Thanks Bill.
How can you make INSTALLDIR your Default Directory before you execute, as the user can change the default during install if they so desire?

 

[Mike Lewis]

How can you make INSTALLDIR your Default Directory before you execute

The INSTALLDIR is the default directory as seen by InstallShield. It has nothing to do with VFP's default directory, or vice versa.

By default, VFP's default directory is the directory from which you launch the EXE. As I'm sure you know, you can change it from within the app via SET DEFAULT or ChDir.

To change it the default directory before you launch the app, create a shortcut to the app, then, in the shortcut properties, enter the relevant path in the "Start in" field.

Mike

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