Runtimes

The runtimes files are needed for FoxPro applications to run on computers that do not have a copy of FoxPro installed. The biggest key with the runtime files is they are the same version as the Visual FoxPro version you used to develop the application. This can be trouble if the users have several applications developed over time. Visual FoxPro 6 for instance had new runtimes in several of the five service packs Microsoft shipped. If you developed one application with service pack 3 and another application with service pack 5 you can have different results or behaviors with the two executables sharing the latest runtimes

One issue we did not address is the Windows 2000/XP logo issues which have the runtime files and other associated dynamic link libraries loaded with the application executable or in its own directory outside of the Windows System directory. If this is important to you, be sure to take the extra steps necessary to instruct the installation routine to load them outside of the Windows System directory.