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Q148415: Upgrading From Visual FoxPro 3.0 to Visual FoxPro 3.0b

Article: Q148415
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 3.00 3.00b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 25-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b 
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SUMMARY
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When you install Visual FoxPro 3.0b on a system that currently has a copy of
Visual FoxPro 3.0 installed, do not install Visual FoxPro 3.0b on top of the
existing Visual FoxPro 3.0 installation. Remove Visual FoxPro 3.0 first before
installing Visual FoxPro 3.0b.


MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Upgrade from Visual FoxPro 3.0 to Visual FoxPro 3.0b
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1. Run Visual FoxPro 3.0 Setup, and choose the Remove All option. To run Visual
  FoxPro 3.0 setup, click the Visual FoxPro setup icon in the Visual FoxPro
  program group, or run setup from the Visual FoxPro CD-ROM or from disk one of
  the Visual FoxPro setup disks.

2. If Visual FoxPro 3.0 was the professional edition, delete the \Vfp\Distrib
  subdirectory.

3. If Visual FoxPro 3.0 was the professional edition, delete all occurrences of
  the following files:

  Dkcontrl.dbf
  Dkcontrl.cdx
  Wzsetup.ini

Now, you can safely run Visual FoxPro 3.0b setup. Visual FoxPro 3.0b can be
installed in the same directory as Visual FoxPro 3.0 or in a new directory.

Note for Professional Edition Users
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The name of the extended support library file (Vfp300.esl) is the same for both
Visual FoxPro 3.0 and Visual FoxPro 3.0b. To avoid any possible confusion, there
should be only one version of the ESL file located on your system, and it should
be the Visual FoxPro 3.0b version. All of the .exe files that were built in
Visual FoxPro 3.0 should be rebuilt in Visual FoxPro 3.0b before you run them.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b
Version           : 3.00 3.00b

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