How GENGRAPH.APP Locates Microsoft GRAPH

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SUMMARY

By default, the Graph Wizard (GENGRAPH.APP), which FoxPro uses to create graphs, uses Microsoft Graph version 3.0b to create its graphs. The Graph Wizard, however, has the ability to use any version of Microsoft Graph installed on the system to create graphs. The Graph Wizard determines which version of Microsoft Graph to use based on the Microsoft Graph setting in the Windows WIN.INI file.

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Microsoft Graph is a Windows graphing application that ships with several Microsoft products, including Microsoft FoxPro for Windows and Microsoft Word for Windows. Over time, with each Microsoft product installation, different versions of Microsoft Graph may be installed on one computer.

For example, Microsoft FoxPro version 2.6a for Windows installs Microsoft Graph version 3.0b. Other Microsoft applications, such as Word for Windows, may install other versions of Graph as well.

FoxPro's Graph Wizard determines which version of Microsoft Graph to run based on the Microsoft Graph setting in the Embedding section of the Windows WIN.INI file. For the FoxPro Graph Wizard to use Microsoft Graph version 5.0, the WIN.INI setting should read:

[Embedding] MSGraph=Microsoft Graph,Microsoft Graph,C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\MSGRAPH5\GRAPH5.EXE,picture

To tell Microsoft GRAPH FoxPro to use a different version to display graphs, change the line that the path and executable point to a different version of the Microsoft GRAPH utility. For example, for FoxPro to run Microsoft Graph version 3.0b, the WIN.INI setting should read:

[Embedding] MSGraph=Microsoft Graph,Microsoft Graph,C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\MSGRAPH\GRAPH.EXE,picture

NOTE: This example works only if both versions of Microsoft Graph are installed on the computer. You must exit and restart FoxPro before these changes affect GENGRAPH.APP.

By default, Microsoft Windows applications install Microsoft Graph version 3.0 into the WINDOWS\MSAPPS\MSGRAPH subdirectory, and the executable is GRAPH.EXE. Microsoft Graph version 5.0 is installed by default into the WINDOWS\MSAPPS\MSGRAPH5 subdirectory, and the executable is GRAPH5.EXE.

NOTE: Neither GRAPH.EXE or GRAPH5.EXE are executable as stand-alone. Microsoft Graph must always be run from within another application. Also, the WIN.INI setting has no effect on FoxPro General fields to which a Microsoft Graph was linked. When a General field is edited, the source application will always be opened, these settings are stored in the Windows Registration Database (REG.DAT).