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Q126498: PATCH: Vfp3sbs.exe VFP 3.0 Step By Step Corrections

Article: Q126498
Product(s): Microsoft Press
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Keyword(s): kbdocfix kbdocerrkbfixlist
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3 for Windows Step by Step ISBN 1-55615-846-7 
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SUMMARY
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Vfp3sbs.exe is a patch that contains corrections to lessons and text in
"Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3 for Windows Step by Step."

MORE INFORMATION
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

  Vfp3sbs.exe
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/fox30std/MSPRESS/2.0/W9X2KMe/EN-US/Vfp3sbs.exe)

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure
servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.


Contents Of Readme.txt Included with Vfp3sbs.exe
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"Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3 Step by Step"
Readme.txt for correction patch.
Updated February 7, 1996
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Extracting Vfp3sbs.exe creates the following files:

  Readme.txt    - Patch installation instructions (this file)
  Vfp3sfix.exe  - Self-extracting executable containing:
     PROJ_03       - Corrected files for Lesson 3
     PROJ_09       - Corrected files for Lesson 9
     Correx.txt    - List of corrections to the book text.
  Unzip.bat     - Default command to install correction files

Instructions
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1. Download Vfp3sbs.exe to your local hard drive or a floppy disk.

2. Execute (by double-clicking) the file Vfp3sbs.exe to extract Vfp3sfix.exe and
  Unzip.bat.

  3a. If you installed the Visual FoxPro Step by Step practice files in the
  default directory C:\LITWARE, then Execute (by double-clicking) the file
  Unzip.bat. This automatically runs the following command:

  Vfp3sfix.exe -d -o c:\litware\

  3b. If you did not install the practice files in the default directory, run
  the following command where <Drive:\Path> is your practice file path:

  Vfp3sfix.exe -d -o <Drive:\Path>\

3. Open and print the C:\LITWARE\Correx.txt file that was installed by Step
  three. Correx.txt contains corrections to the book text. Make some brief
  notes in your text where corrections are indicated by the Correx.txt file.
  Close the correction file after printing and/or reviewing the contents.

4. (Optional) Delete (or move to a floppy disk) the following files from your
  download directory:

  Readme.txt
  Vfp3sfix.exe
  Vfp3sbs.exe
  Unzip.bat

You are ready to continue using "Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3 Step by Step" once you
have completed step four (above).

Additional query words: VFoxWin 3.00 3.0 bookbug EUBook EUSBS

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Keywords          : kbdocfix kbdocerr kbfixlist
Technology        : kbMSPressSearch
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Issue type        : kbinfo

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