Sp2 Portable — Visual Foxpro 9.0

Developers can execute rapid hotfixes directly on production servers via a network share without running a heavy IDE deployment process.

: Create a folder named VFP9_Portable on your storage device. Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 Portable

A "Portable" application is engineered to run directly from an external storage device, network share, or local folder without modifying the host operating system's registry or file structure. For Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, portability transforms a traditionally rigid installation into an agile tool. The Core Runtime Files Developers can execute rapid hotfixes directly on production

If you do not explicitly route your resource file via config.fpw , VFP9 will try to create or read a foxuser.dbf file in the user's Application Data folder. If permissions are restricted, the IDE will crash on boot. Always keep RESOURCE = OFF in your portable configuration unless you explicitly map a local path to it using RESOURCE = .\foxuser.dbf . The Role of the VFP Community (VFPX) For Visual FoxPro 9

Standard installations write heavily to the Windows Registry. A portable version keeps the host OS clean.