program exe

[julius]

how can one make a program exe in foxpro a program containing a form.

[Rick Bean]

Julius,
The answer is somewhat dependent on what version of FoxPro you are working
with. The simple answer is to create a modal form, add it to a project as
the main file and compile it to an EXE.

There are a lot of other things you need to be concerned with if you plan on
distributing this application to "real" end users, but this is good enough
for demonstration code.

If you are serious about this, consider reading the help file, or getting
some basic training in VFP.

The best VFP books are available at http://www.hentzenwerke.com/ -
"Fundamentals: Building Visual Studio Applications on a VFP Foundation" is a
good one. There are some tutorials available at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/technical/training.asp. And you may also
want to check out some free training at
http://www.free-ed.net/fr03/lfc/030101/129/ - this is based on another book.

If you have a training budget consider one of the many that offer classes
and self-study courses - CDs, VHS tapes, step-by-step manuals. One that I
have used both from is MicroEndeavors (http://www.microendeavors.com/).

Rick

"julius" <jchegeh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3baeea45@news.devx.com...
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Visual FoxPro -
1. main program file:
on shutdown quit
do form formname
read events
2. in form destroy method
clear events
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then in the project manager - click on build, then select as an exe..
if you can't get it to work based on this minumum framework - do let me
know.
regards [Bill]
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