Trying to install VFP9 on a new W11 machine. Apparently I need the prerequisite for installing VFP 9 is the C++ runtime its created in. How do I do that? I program in VFP, not so much in Windows
I read your blog, but I do not understand all of it. Can you just explain how to add the missing components so it will install.
It's not my blog...!
Anyway, the installation program should report what's missing on your computer?
AFAIR, you need to install an older version of an XML module, MSXMLM. The version needed by VFP9 is no longer available from Microsoft, but you can download it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200804171801/https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=15697
And last, an advice. Don't install VFP9 in the suggested folder. Personally I prefer C:\vfp9.
Thanks, but I get the message "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. Click here to search for all archived pages under https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx" When I choose one of the other ones, all I get from Wayback is a statistical list, not a link to download. What I get on trying to install VFP9 is the message "Not all components are present" which seems to indicate it is the C++ library that is missing according to the blog.
Check this link instead: https://github.com/VFPX/VFPInstallers
Sorry I I keep asking, I downloaded and installed msmxl.msi from that site, but VFP9 setup still responds "The windows component update requirements to install . . .have not been met. Please run the windows component update setup" I can't find a windows component setup on the iso file. Is this possibly the Visual Basic that the blog mentions, and if so how do I get it?
If you run Setup it should prompt you for it as one of the options.
Unless you're talking about some other install process, you won't get past that unless you actually run that install. Make sure you're running the right installer (ie. setup.exe).
+++ Rick ---
Finally got it to install. Not sure if it was because I installed msmxl.msi or I was using the wrong install, but I got the window you showed. The program I need most (over 10,000 lines of code) seems to work except for one feature that allowed editing of a photo by calling up Irfanview and opening it for edit. May be a path issue. SP1 seemed to install OK but a message said something like "SP1 may not have installed correctly, run in compatibility mode" Is it OK to re-run it? And thanks again for all your help.
FWIW the VC++ 7.1 runtime is the VFP "prerequisite".
its running fine now, thanks again