How to Make Batch Mode Setup Install Minimum Files

 Last reviewed: April 1, 1996
Article ID: Q148898
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SUMMARY

After performing an Administrative Setup to a network directory, you can perform a batch mode installation (SETUP /Q) that does a minimum install rather than a complete install. The steps below describe how to do this.

MORE INFORMATION

An Administrative Setup creates a network directory structure containing the files suitable for installing Visual FoxPro to network clients. You can automate the client installation by running Setup.exe in a batch mode. This is accomplished by connecting to the network directory containing the Administrative Setup files and running Setup.exe with the /Q command line parameter. By default, this will perform a complete install. To perform a minimum install instead, you need to modify the following three files in the Administrative Setup directory: 

   Foxset16.stf
   Foxset32.stf
   Foxset95.stf
You can edit these files with most text editors. However, the MS-DOS Editor (Edit.com) should not be used because it changes tabs to spaces.

Below are the two lines that need to be changed. The change involves changing the second column in the indicated line to Yes or No, as needed. Note that <tab> indicates where the tab characters should be in each line.

  1. Change the second column in the following line from Yes to No.

    Change this line:

    13<tab>Yes<tab>&Complete<tab>Install all files for Microsoft Visual FoxPro<tab>Group<tab>26 28 29 30 31 32 33<tab>"foxsetup.dll, 103"<tab><tab><tab><tab>

    to this line:

    13<tab>No<tab>&Complete<tab>Install all files for Microsoft Visual FoxPro<tab>Group<tab>26 28 29 30 31 32 33<tab>"foxsetup.dll, 103"<tab><tab><tab><tab>

  2. Change the second column in the following line from No to Yes.

    Change this line:

    15<tab>No<tab>&Laptop (Minimum)<tab>Install just the minimum set of files needed to run Microsoft Visual FoxPro.<tab>Group<tab>26<tab> "foxsetup.dll, 105"<tab><tab><tab><tab>

    to this line:

    15<tab>Yes<tab>&Laptop (Minimum)<tab>Install just the minimum set of files needed to run Microsoft Visual FoxPro.<tab>Group<tab>26<tab> "foxsetup.dll, 105"<tab><tab><tab><tab>

REFERENCES

For more information about installation scripts, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119357
   TITLE     : AppNote: "How to Create a Custom Installation
               Script" (WC1046)

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbsetup kbhowto
KBSubcategory: FxsetupAdmin



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Last reviewed: April 1, 1996
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