Subject Re: Runtime Files From Ken Mayer [dBVIPS] <dbase@_nospam_goldenstag.net> Date Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:40:54 -0800 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Patrick Kox wrote: >>> 1. I noticed that the final tutorial.exe doesn't work (get the well >>> known can't run PLUSRUN error 740 or something). >> Is this one YOU created, or one that was out on the web? The one on the >> web was probably done with an older version of dBASE ... and sometimes >> the runtimes are not compatible ... > > It's the one downloaded from the website (so the one that Michael > Nuwer made). I didn't have time to go through the entire Tutorial yet > (I"m at the custom forms section at the moemt). Well, you would need the version of the dBASE runtime from when Michael compiled it last, and frankly that's not worth the effort. >>> So without installation and just by adding these files it all seems to >>> work well. But without these files it doesn't run (and I assume that >>> the runtimes are installed by default after installing dBASE Plus). >> If you install dBASE, yes, the runtime files are installed (oddly >> enough, in a RUNTIME folder with the current versions of dBASE). >> > So this looks like you need to put the needed runtime files in every > directory which contains a program that requires plusrun.exe ? So if > you make 5 dBASE based programs the runtimes need to be in all 5 > Application Directories ? (or is there someway to use the runtimes > installed with the installer, dBASE does offer a setup file for the > runtimes (in different languages)  so I guess it should be possible ? Why would you want to do that, when one copy of the necessary files makes more sense? The installer for dBASE Runtime deals with *registry settings* that tell the .exe where to find the runtime files ... then you only need one copy. Ken -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /(Opinions expressed are purely my own, not those of dataBased Intelligence, Inc.)/ *Ken Mayer* [dBVIPS] /Golden Stag Productions/ dBASE at goldenstag dot net http://www.goldenstag.net/GSP http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/dBASEBooks.htm http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase