How to Have Individual CONFIG.FPM Files on Workstations

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6a

SUMMARY

In FoxPro for Macintosh, you can have a CONFIG.FPM file on a workstation automatically open when FoxPro is on the network by placing the CONFIG.FPM file in the System Folder of the workstation. (This file is normally placed in the FoxPro folder.)

MORE INFORMATION

On the Macintosh, there is no AUTOEXEC.BAT file in which to place the line "SET FOXPROCFG=" in order to define an environment variable that identifies the location of the CONFIG.FPM file.

Users at workstations can use a shared copy of FoxPro while having individual CONFIG.FPM files if they start FoxPro by double-clicking the CONFIG.FPM file. Placing the CONFIG.FPM file in the System Folder allows users at workstations to have their own individual CONFIG.FPM files and also to start FoxPro by double-clicking the FoxPro icon.

NOTE: If you double-click the FoxPro icon and there is a CONFIG.FPM file in the FoxPro folder on the network, that file will be used instead of the CONFIG.FPM file in the System Folder. Therefore, in a workstation situation, there should only be a CONFIG.FPM file in the local workstation's System Folder and no CONFIG.FPM file in the FoxPro folder on the network.

Having individual CONFIG.FPM files allows each user to customize various settings for FoxPro, such as where to write temporary files to the local hard disk.

REFERENCES

FoxPro "Installation and Macintosh Features Guide," version 2.5b, page 27