error locating config file – bad path? in Foxpro application

Question : error locating config file – bad path? in Foxpro application

We purchased a program that was created in visual foxpro (don’t know what version).  This program runs fine on certain machines, but on one of them we are getting the following error:

error locating config file – bad path? in Foxpro application

All machines are running windows XP Pro… not sure which service pack.

The vendor claims that all the files needed are present, and as I said, the program does run on other XP boxes.  I’m thinking that there is a runtime patch or something that is not on this machine.  It runs Office 2000 if that is any help.

The only other difference I can see is that this machine is a Dell, and the rest are IBM net vista’s.

Thanks for your help.


Solution : error locating config file – bad path? in Foxpro application
It can be that the config.fpw is actually embedded in the FoxPro .exe file, in which case you will never see that config.fpw file you’re looking for.  Do you actually see a config.fpw file on your PCs where this app is loaded?

If that is the case, the problem that I’ve seen in config files is that there are temp file, sort file, etc., locations established in that config.fpw file that don’t actually exist on the PC the program is installed on.

For example, here are some possible settings in a config.fpw file:

EDITWORK=C:WINDOWSTEMP
PROGWORK=C:WINDOWSTEMP
SORTWORK=C:WINDOWSTEMP
TMPFILES=C:WINDOWSTEMP

If C:WINDOWSTEMP doesn’t exist on the PC, you will have problems.  I have no idea what your settings may look like in that config file.  I’m just giving you an example.