Microsoft KB Archive/154063

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PRB: VFP ODBC Drivers Will Not Install without a Valid Program

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Q154063

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
When trying to install the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver from the VFPODBC.EXE file provided on the Internet or on MSDN, the following error will occur if one of the listed Microsoft products is not already installed on the computer:

Beginning of error message:

You are not allowed to install these drivers (message in title bar).

You must have one of the Microsoft products listed below in order to install the drivers.

Office

Access

Excel

MS Project

Visual C++

Visual C++ 2.0

Word

Fox

Visual FoxPro

Visual Basic 4.0

Developer

End of error message.

CAUSE
There are no valid Microsoft products installed on the computer.

RESOLUTION
Install one or more of the valid Microsoft products listed in the error message, or call FoxPro Product Support for further information.

STATUS
This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
The computer must have one of the listed products installed before the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver can be installed. An EXE built with Visual FoxPro does not qualify as a Microsoft product. Therefore, these drivers cannot be distributed unless there is a Microsoft product from the above list installed on the computer.

Please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for the location of the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver:

"Q149840 Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver 1.0 Available in MS Software Library [odbc]" Additional query words:

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbinterop kbsetup kbVFp FxsetupGeneral

Issue type : kbprb

Technology :