VFP SP2 - Don't install it on XP development machines

[GriffMG]

Member Kurjo responded to CraigBer's post that SP2 for VFP9 was available.

Do not install VFP9 service pack 2 on XP machines. It will give you Fatal error when you run the exceutables.

He is right!

It is also a pig to remove, you have to uninstall VFP9 and reinstall it and then put sp1 back on.

If you install SP2 on XP, the resultant executables will not run on XP - they DO run on Vista (without any new runtimes) which is interesting.

How this came about I don't know, but thanks to Kurjo for pointing it out.

Regards

Griff
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[GriffMG]

Just tried the .exe (compiled on XP under VFP9 SP2) on another XP machine - that one worked ok!

So now I'm really confused!

It's only the dev. machine that is crippled? How do you test stuff as you're going along then? Copy it to another machine, run it there and then modify it?

Regards

Griff
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[Stella740pl]

Apparently, other people had this issue, too.
See what I found:

http://www.foxite.com/archives/runtime-problems-with-vfp-sp2-0000148474.htm

It seems that Andrew MacNeill in that thread has a solution to the problem.

 

[Kurjo]

Stella740pl,

The link you have given does not exist.

Can you please verify it.

Thanks.

 

[Stella740pl]

Works for me (just clicked on it a second ago).
You can try to copy/paste it into the Address Bar instead om clicking on it.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Just heard of another SP2 problem today.

It seems that if you right-click on a control in the form designer or class designer, and select "Code ...", the resulting code window either shows the wrong method, or the right method without any code. Double-clicking on the control opens the code window correctly.

I can't check this, because I haven't yet installed SP2, but it seems odd that nobody noticed it in all those months of beta testing.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Dan Freeman]

I've also heard the help topic is missing over 100 commands & functions from the index.

I'm afraid to touch SP2 at this point.

 

[Mike Lewis]

From Russell Campbell (posted at

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFP9SP2BugList):

The only way to ensure a correct install of VFP 9 SP2 is to uninstall VFP 9, reinstall it, then immediately install SP2. This is necessary because any changed files (from a virgin install) will not be replaced. For instance, this applies to FFC files. If you put them in your project and recompile all, their dates will change and they will not be updated. The aforementioned install process will ensure they are updated.

The above reference also includes a note of some other SP2 bugs.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[alvechurchdata]

I'm puzzled. I know I'm running XP and I think I'm running Fox SP2 but I'm not seeing the bugs being described here.

I didn't go through the complete unload and reload cycle that Mike mentions. Is that why I'm not seeing the bugs?

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[GriffMG]

At the moment, I'm with NOT using Sp2 at all.

Forgive the venacular.

Its
Pants


Regards

Griff
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[alvechurchdata]

Is that why I'm not seeing the bugs?

Spoke too soon.

I moved a VFP8 app to VFP9 this morning and it's totally ignoring a DODEFAULT(). I've a class and sub-class defined in code and the sub-class's Init includes a DODEFAULT(). Works in VFP8; doesn't work in VFP9 SP2. I can single-step through it in 8 and see it call its parent and I can single-step through it in 9 and see it do nothing at all.

Might be a false alarm. Might just be too early on a Monday morning.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk