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I don't know too much about Foxpro but I need it to review DBF files.

On my PC, I have installed a client file: "Visual FoxPro 8.0 client.msi".

Now I'm able to run an exe file of Visual Foxpro 8.0 from a folder where is copied:

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I haven't installed any Visual Foxpro program, only client.

My question is: Do I still need a license for Visual Foxpro?

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  • This link will describe the VFP8 license agreement: http://www.tedroche.com/Present/2003/RocheSoftwareLicensingPaper.pdf – Jerry Mar 06 '13 at 18:37

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I've never seen VFP referred to as 'the client' before, but the directory structure you show in your screenshots looks like a full installation of VFP 8. You'd run vfp8.exe to then access your DBF files.

Did it ask for a license/CD key during installation?

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  • When installing Visual FoxProx client, it didn't prompt nor ask for any license number – Delmonte Mar 06 '13 at 21:47
  • @CarlosHeredia, sure looks full install, like someone did an MSI install of the entire VFP project and distributed to THEIR client... not cool – DRapp Mar 07 '13 at 02:53
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There is no such thing as a VFP client.
The VFP runtime contains only a few DLL files.
VFP runtimes for all versions can be found here: http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/FoxPro/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=125

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If curious about a license agreement for VFP8, check out this link. Otherwise, it looks like you have the full VFP8 install.

The .MSI probably had a copy of an existing VFP8 installation. So when ran, it just did a copy to a destination directory without requiring a CD key.

http://www.tedroche.com/Present/2003/RocheSoftwareLicensingPaper.pdf
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