Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Prerequisites

## 1. Introduction

Visual FoxPro requires certain versions of system components to be installed prior to installing client components.

## 2. Required Baseline Components

· Setup Runtime Files

· Microsoft Data Access Components v2.7

· Windows Installer 2.0

· Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0

## 3. Known Installation Issues

## 3.1. Hung Installation

If individual components hang during installation, setup may be unable to detect this. Use CTRL+ALT+DELETE to manually shutdown the setup.exe task. Note, installation of larger components can take as long as 20 minutes on slower machines or when installed over a network.

## 4. Additional Issues

## 4.1. Diagnosing failures in System Component setup

You must install system component updates before proceeding with Visual FoxPro setup. If the installer reports failures for a component at the end of setup, you can run the individual setup for the failed component to see the specific errors and diagnose problems. The location of the components on the Visual FoxPro CD is as follows within the WCU folder:

Component | Location on Visual FoxPro CD (within WCU folder)
Setup Runtime Files | bootstrap.msi
Microsoft Data Access Components v2.7 | MDAC27\mdac_typ.exe
Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0 | SOAP3\soapsdk.msi
Windows Installer 2.0 | windowsinstaller\winnt\instmsiw.exe

If setup continues to report failures, even though the individual setups succeed, you can bypass the system component updates. Please note however, this is only advised if all required components are installed. Visual FoxPro will not function properly without these components.

To bypass Prerequisites setup
1. Insert the Visual FoxPro CD. 2. Close any programs triggered by autorun. 3. From the Start menu, click Run. 4. In the Run dialog box, type the following: n:\Setup\Setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK

For example:

D:\Setup\Setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK

## 4.2. Uninstalling Baseline Components

Uninstalling Visual FoxPro does not uninstall components installed by Prerequisites setup. For components that offer individual uninstall, use the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.