Q137628: PRB:Visual FoxPro App’s .EXE Quits & Returns to Command Window

Article: Q137628
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
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Last Modified: 03-AUG-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When a Visual FoxPro application executable that was created from a workstation
installation of Visual FoxPro quits, it returns to the Visual FoxPro Command
window.

CAUSE
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The distributable .exe file is using Vfp.exe to run.

RESOLUTION
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Use one of the following options to resolve this behavior:

- Place a copy of the Vfp300.esl support library file in the directory where
  your Visual FoxPro-created .exe is located.

  -or-

- Add the QUIT command after the CLEAR EVENTS command in the procedure you use
  to close the executable.

  -or-

- Install Visual FoxPro using one of the other three available install options:
  Minimum, Complete, or Custom.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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Using the following configuration of a PATH statement in your Autoexec.bat file
that refers to the directory where the administrative version of Visual FoxPro
is installed with the VFP300.ESL support library, create an executable of a
simple form located on your local drive. After pressing a Quit button on the
executable's form, you return to the Command window.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Install the administrative version of Visual FoxPro on a server.

2. Connect to that server, and install the workstation version of Visual FoxPro
  on your local drive.

3. Modify the PATH statement in your Autoexec.bat file so that it incorporates
  the drive and directory of the administrative version of Visual FoxPro.

4. Create a new project that holds the following program:

     var=CREATEOBJECT("MyForm")
     var.Show
     READ EVENTS

     DEFINE CLASS MyForm AS Form
       ADD OBJECT MyCommand AS CommandButton WITH top=5,left=5,caption='Quit'

       PROCEDURE MyCommand.Click
         CLEAR EVENTS
       ENDPROC
     ENDDEFINE

5. Create an executable from this project. Check that the .esl and Vfp.exe files
  are in the administrative FoxPro directory and not on your local drive.

6. Run this executable outside of Visual FoxPro.

7. Click the button to exit the executable.

Additional query words: VFoxWin dk runtime run-time akz

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300

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