you must do any extension changes and name changes at build time.
Guy
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> On Apr 16, 2:07 am, PaulfromUK <paul.tuc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> It just will not start, the user double clicks on the .exe and nothing
>> happens. The user did say she gets the hour glass for a split second
>> but that's it. Im going in there tomorrow to install a full copy of
>> FMP9 I'll see if I can glean more detail before I do this.
>
> You can also try just reinstalling the runtime (backup the usr file,
> delete the folder, reinstall it, and restore the usr file. (Again
> check for read-only attributes if your copying from CD.) If it works,
> restart it a couple times to make sure its really ok.
>
> This is what I would do before installing FP.
>
>> Thanks for the info on extensions, is there an easy to tell what
>> extensions have been allocated on XP so you can choose one that's
>> unique and avoid the risk of conflicts? Is it OK just to rename the
>> filename.USR to filename.FP7 from Windows or would I have to do this
>> by creating the solution again with FileMaker Advanced?
>
> There are ways, but really that would only show you whats been
> allocated today. Tomorrow a new program might come along and pick the
> extension you chose. There is always a risk of conflicts. I wouldn't
> worry -that- much about it, the default usr is generally fine.
>
> Fp7 is a good choice too. I don't actually know if you can change it,
> at the very least you'd need to tell xp to open FP7 with the runtime,
> but I don't know if you have to repackage the whole thing with FMA for
> it to work.
>
> -cheers,
> Dave
>
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