Requirements of a VFP7 exe

[mpgalvin]

If I build an exe and then create a setup for it, etc, what sort of requirements am I looking at? RAM, Hard disk space (aprt from my exe and date, obviously), pre-installed options, working OSs, etc

Just want to put up a little blurb that should be the minimum required spec.

 

[rgbean]

The three most important criteria, are the OS, your application and what else the user is normally running with your application.

Each new OS requires more resources than the previous one - there is much difference between Win95 and XP minimal systems.

What your application does can also make a big difference. How many files does it keep open, how big are the files, how many indexes, local tables, network tables, all remote views, use of automation servers (occasionally or constantly), etc.

Some users "insist" on running Word, Excel, Outlook, network client, Solitaire and a screen saver (and some more!), this can dramatically affect your requirements. Users often assume that your "minimal" specs don't mean "available at the time you fire up my VFP application", but rather that the system starts with these values.

Rick

 

[mpgalvin]

Rick, points well taken, but I just want to get a rough idea, at least so that users of 'lesser' machines won't download the software and then bug me that it doesn't work on their 386 with Win 3.1!

I've always assumed that "mimimum spec" meant your machine in it's "virgin" state with nothing else loaded. If this is the case, and the application still doesn't load, you have a problem you can tell the developer about. Right?

 

[rgbean]

OK, I usually say a "normal" VFP 6.0 application on Win 9.x minimally requires 350MHz, with 64MB of RAM, and on Win NT/2000/XP it requires 500MHz w/ 128 MB. For better performance, double those numbers, and if it's a "big" app, add another 50% to those numbers (or if they insist on running other programs in the background).

Rick