SAMPLE: Filer.exe Contains Filer.dll for Visual FoxPro 5.0

ID: Q163804

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SUMMARY

Filer.exe is a file that provides a component version of the Filer desk accessory (Filer.dll), available in previous versions of Microsoft Visual FoxPro. Filer.dll is an ActiveX COM, and as such, supports Automation. You can, therefore, create an instance of Filer.dll in Visual FoxPro or other Automation servers.


MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

Filer.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


Many Visual FoxPro developers are familiar with the Filer desk accessory from previous versions of FoxPro and Visual FoxPro 3.0. After a brief absence during the Visual FoxPro 5.0 release, the Filer is back by popular demand as an Automation object called Filer.dll.

When you download Filer, you get the following files:

List of Files


Readme.txt - Readme file
Filer.dll -  Filer engine as Automation object
Filer.htm - Filer documentation
Msvcrt.dll - System library needed by Filer.dll
Filer.scx/sct - Sample form to use with Filer
Filer.ico - Icon used by sample form (Filer.scx)

Distribution

Filer.dll and its companion files are for use with Visual FoxPro only. You are not permitted to distribute any of the files with your distributed run- time applications.

Installing the Filer Files

Use the following steps to install the Filer files:

  1. Create a new folder under the Visual FoxPro 5.0 home folder called Filer (for example, C:\Vfp\Filer).


  2. Unzip the files in Filer.exe and copy them into the newly created Filer folder.


  3. Look for a copy of Msvcrt.dll, the Microsoft Visual C++ Run-time Library, in your Windows\System (Windows 95) or WinNT\System32 (Windows NT) folder. If Msvcrt.dll is not present, copy it to the Windows\System or WinNT\System32 folder from your Filer folder.


Registering Filer.dll

Filer.dll must be registered before you can create an instance of the Filer.

Windows Registration

The following command, entered in the Windows Run dialog box, registers Filer.dll if it is located in the folder C:\Vfp\Filer (the recommended folder): 

   REGSVR32 /s C:\VFP\FILER\FILER.DLL

Visual FoxPro Registration

The following command, issued in the Visual FoxPro Command window or a program, registers Filer.dll if it is located in the folder C:\Vfp\Filer (the recommended folder): 

   RUN/N REGSVR32 /s C:\VFP\FILER\FILER.DLL
Filer.dll can also be registered within Visual FoxPro by running the Filer form, Filer.scx, and performing a file search by clicking the Find Now button. Issue the following command to run the Filer form (assuming the Filer form is in a subfolder named Filer off the Visual FoxPro folder): 

   DO FORM (HOME( ) + 'FILER\FILER.SCX')
For more information on the Filer, read the documentation in Filer.htm.

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Keywords          : kbVFp FxtoolAccessory 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: August 3, 1999