Visual Foxpro Support Library
Libano Parkes
I upgraded to Windows 11. I have some programs that I am trying to run but get a message that it cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library. Is there a way to get these programs to run on Windows 11. I was previously running these programs using Windows 7.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library is not compatible with Windows 11. Programs written using Visual FoxPro may require compatibility mode or an alternative solution to run on Windows 11.
If you have the source code of these programs, you can try recompiling them using a newer development environment that is compatible with Windows 11. If you do not have the source code, you may consider virtualizing a Windows 7 environment using a tool such as VirtualBox or VMware and run the programs in the virtualized environment.
It's also important to note that unsupported software can pose security risks to your computer, so it is recommended to take steps to protect your system, such as keeping your operating system and software up-to-date with the latest security patches.
This is a woefully inadequate and apparently wrong answer. Yet it's misleading text is the first result when I googled this. Not only does the answer not address the OP's issue, which is not having the support library in the right place, the 'answer' suggests 'recompiling with a newer development environment'?
Who is Limitless Technology anyway? Seems like this was written by a bot or some low level person who doesn't know anything about Foxpro and is following the script to try to get people to buy new technologies, when it's not needed.
Kent, you're getting bad info. VFP runs fine under Windows 11. Not sure what the problem is that you're having, but we'd need some more info, such as whether you know what version of VFP the programs were compiled under. Also, when you say you upgraded to Win11, what do you mean exactly? Did you upgrade in place or did you get a new computer and try to copy things over or what. The VFP runtime libraries may be missing. It does say it can't locate them. It's been over a year, so hopefully you've solved this.
Hi Mr. Campbell. I have a small software company that I took over from my father, the language is VFP, and I was hoping to let my users continue using it for while they have Windows 11. Today I am getting an error of "OLE IDispatch exception code 0 from WinHttpRequest: The date in the certificate is invalid or has expired". Is this because Microsoft is no longer supporting VFP, or is it something on our end? Thanks for any help.
Regards
Griff
Keep ing RE: Cannot locate Visual Foxpro Support library VFP 9.0 randallJ (IS/IT--Management)(OP)21 Apr 05 10:30Thanks Griff for your speedy reply, however all 4 files that you have listed are present in the those directories. RE: Cannot locate Visual Foxpro Support library VFP 9.0 GriffMG (Programmer)21 Apr 05 10:34Hi RandallJ!
They ALL need to go into the target machines system32 folder (although they MIGHT work in the same folder as the .exe is installed). Regards
Griff
Keep ing RE: Cannot locate Visual Foxpro Support library VFP 9.0 randallJ (IS/IT--Management)(OP)21 Apr 05 10:42I manually added them to the system32 directory and this still didn;t work. I then tried to included them in unders files in Installshield and it told me that these files are already included in the merge modules. RE: Cannot locate Visual Foxpro Support library VFP 9.0 GriffMG (Programmer)21 Apr 05 10:57Sorry then - I'm not able to help, mine are working fine doing a simple copy to the the system32 folder...
Have you 'googled' for vfp runtime support? Regards
Griff
Keep ing RE: Cannot locate Visual Foxpro Support library VFP 9.0 randallJ (IS/IT--Management)(OP)21 Apr 05 11:14No will try that now. I also loaded Installshield 3.5 and used that with VFP 9.0 and it works fine - so there is definately something specific about Installshield 5.0. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1406030581151-2'); ); Red Flag This PostPlease let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.
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I am distributing an application in VFP9 SP2 compiled as an executable on Windows 7 32 bit OS. It runs OK on XP thro Windows 7 (32 bit) but when the application is run on a computer with Windows 7 64 bit OS the user encounters the message "Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library". The .exe is in a folder under the Program Files (x86) folder and in the same folder are the msvcr71.dll, foxtools and foxuser files. The library appears to have registered correctly. Have you any idea what the issue may be here, and how to overcome it?Thanks and regards,
Andrew Hall
Re: VFP compatibility with 64 bit OS
Rick Strahl
Andrew Hall
3R609XHFX Apr 5, 2013 @ 04:37am
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FoxPro runs fine on 64 bit Windows. if you're distributing the application either run an installer to put the runtime files in their proper place (in the program files/common files location) or put them into your application folder. If you're not using an installer the latter is a better choice.Realize though that you need true admin rights (not running under User Account Control) to register the FoxPro runtime files. I think runtime registration fails silently and that's the most likely reason you're seeing this error you're encountering. If you want to manually register make sure you use an Admin Command prompt (Click Run As Administrator on the Command Prompt shortcut).
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Hi RickI am distributing an application in VFP9 SP2 compiled as an executable on Windows 7 32 bit OS. It runs OK on XP thro Windows 7 (32 bit) but when the application is run on a computer with Windows 7 64 bit OS the user encounters the message "Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library". The .exe is in a folder under the Program Files (x86) folder and in the same folder are the msvcr71.dll, foxtools and foxuser files. The library appears to have registered correctly. Have you any idea what the issue may be here, and how to overcome it?Thanks and regards,
Andrew Hall
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Re: VFP compatibility with 64 bit OS
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Rick Strahl
3RH0DEU6K Apr 16, 2013 @ 06:15am
Reply Hi RickThanks for your comments. Can I be more specific on this one:
I am using InstallShield Express provided with VFP9 as the installer for my application. The resultant files after installation of my app on a Windows7-64 bit machine in Program Files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\VFP are (Foxhhelp files,Report??.app files+) VFP9r.dll, VFP9RENU.dll, VFP9t.dll,MSVCR71.dll (the last of which I added within InstallShield and is also present in the Program Files (x86) application directory).Within Windows7-64 bit the application runs fine if Run from the Administrator account, or from a Standard account installed from that account and Run under the Run as Administrator command. However, the users in question are restricted to UAC and are not able to use Run as Administrator. Consequently the Run command fails with the error "Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library". Curiously, when the application is installed from the Standard User account the Desktop icon link to the exe file and the All Programs start folders only appear on the Admin account.Now, if I then install VFP9 on the Windows7-64 bit machine, then uninstall it, the application can be installed from the Standard User account, and Run from it (not elevated as Administrator). Further, under these conditions the Desktop icon and All Programs start folders are on the correct Standard User account. Removal of remaining VFP entries for the VFP9 in the registry reverts behaviour for a newly installed version of my app to that previously experienced with the error. Presumably this is a registration problem, as you suggested.I wonder if you have any further ideas on this one, and how InstallShield might be modified to sort the problem, i.e. to properly register the necessary files at the time of installation of the app.Thanks and regards,
Andrew Hall
FoxPro runs fine on 64 bit Windows. if you're distributing the application either run an installer to put the runtime files in their proper place (in the program files/common files location) or put them into your application folder. If you're not using an installer the latter is a better choice.Realize though that you need true admin rights (not running under User Account Control) to register the FoxPro runtime files. I think runtime registration fails silently and that's the most likely reason you're seeing this error you're encountering. If you want to manually register make sure you use an Admin Command prompt (Click Run As Administrator on the Command Prompt shortcut).
+++ Rick ---
Hi RickI am distributing an application in VFP9 SP2 compiled as an executable on Windows 7 32 bit OS. It runs OK on XP thro Windows 7 (32 bit) but when the application is run on a computer with Windows 7 64 bit OS the user encounters the message "Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library". The .exe is in a folder under the Program Files (x86) folder and in the same folder are the msvcr71.dll, foxtools and foxuser files. The library appears to have registered correctly. Have you any idea what the issue may be here, and how to overcome it?Thanks and regards,
Andrew Hall
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