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FoxPro 6.0 Setup Wizard

The Problem:

I have distribution disks created with the FoxPro 6.0 Setup Wizard for my
clients. In an upgrade to my application, I am using the "Report Preview"
function for screen reports. Previous version of the application "wrote to"
and "displayed" and ASCII text file.

One of the first clients to use this upgrade experiences a system crash
(blue screen of death) after viewing the "Report Preview" and selecting
another menu pick.

The Question:

Do I have to enable any of the check boxes (Microsoft Graph 8.0 runtime,
etc) in step #2 of the Setup Wizard for proper operation of the "Report
Preview" function? I suspect that he might have a virus.

I hope somebody has an answer.

Thanks,

Joe
[791 byte] By [Joe Bertin] at [2007-11-10 12:50:46]
# 1 Re: FoxPro 6.0 Setup Wizard
> Do I have to enable any of the check boxes (Microsoft Graph 8.0 runtime,
> etc) in step #2 of the Setup Wizard for proper operation of the "Report
> Preview" function?

No need, report Preview is supported by the standard runtime.
Often GPFs together with Report Preview turned out to be caused
by the current printer driver (sometimes video driver issuses, too).
Especially HP drivers can be buggy in handling the floating point unit.
You can reset the FPU in your code, e.g before and after you'd
issue any Report command
DECLARE _fpreset in msvcrt.dll
= _fpreset()
See Q183522 for more information.
If that does not help, you might need to test with other drivers/
versions. Often those shippedd by MS are more stable than the
originals.

hth
-Stefan

"Joe Bertin" <joebertin@zoominternet.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> The Problem:
>
> I have distribution disks created with the FoxPro 6.0 Setup Wizard for my
> clients. In an upgrade to my application, I am using the "Report Preview"
> function for screen reports. Previous version of the application "wrote
to"
> and "displayed" and ASCII text file.
>
> One of the first clients to use this upgrade experiences a system crash
> (blue screen of death) after viewing the "Report Preview" and selecting
> another menu pick.
>
> The Question:
>
> Do I have to enable any of the check boxes (Microsoft Graph 8.0 runtime,
> etc) in step #2 of the Setup Wizard for proper operation of the "Report
> Preview" function? I suspect that he might have a virus.
>
> I hope somebody has an answer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
Stefan Wuebbe at 2007-11-11 23:50:31 >