BUG: Adding Multiple Files w/16-Bit SetupWiz Fails on Win95/98 (147583)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q147583 SYMPTOMS
Attempting to add more than one file in step 7 of the Visual Basic 4.0
Setup Wizard fails. After selecting multiple files and clicking OK, the
Setup Wizard displays a dialog containing "This file may be required for
your program to run correctly" and prompts if a search for this file should
be continued. If the search is terminated, a dialog displays "The file(s)
you selected were already in the list. No new files have been added."
CAUSE
The Setup Wizard attempts to look for a single file with a filename that is
the concatenation of all the files selected. This problem only occurs with
the 16-bit version of the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard for
Windows when run on Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98. It does not occur
on Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 or on any 16-bit Microsoft Windows
operating system. This problem does not occur using the 32-bit version of
the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard for Windows.
RESOLUTION
Use any one of the following methods to work around this problem:
- Add each file one at a time.
- Create setup media or a template (.Vbz) file for the setup using an
operating system other than Microsoft Windows 95. If a template is
created on another machine, then the .Vbz file can be copied to the
Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 machine and selected in Step 1 of the
Setup Wizard using the Load Template button.
- Add files manually to a template file generated on the Windows 95 or
Windows 98 machine. In step 7, click Save Template and save a template
(.Vbz) file to disk. Open this template file in a text editor and
manually add a line for each file that you want to add. Listed below are
some sample added FileXX lines, just replace the first parameter with
the path to the file you wish to include:
File17=C:\ENROLL\ENROLL.ICO,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
File18=C:\ENROLL\MSTRS.EXE,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
File19=C:\ENROLL\README.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
File20=C:\ENROLL\TRAIN.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
Then restart the Setup Wizard and click Open Template to load the
modified template file.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We will post new information about
this issue here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/17/2004 |
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Keywords: | kb16bitonly kbbug kbDSSTools kbpending kbsetup kbwizard KB147583 |
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