FIX: Set Mark To '.' Causes Invalid Distribution Disks (193696)

SYMPTOMS

Running the Setup Wizard with SET MARK TO '.', or with the Date Separator in the Regional settings set to '.' causes the following error when you run Setup.exe from the distribution disks:

Setup Error 283: Object 8
Your setup files may be damaged. Try restarting the Setup program from
where you originally ran it.

RESOLUTION

Before using the Setup Wizard, run the following command from the command window:

SET MARK TO '-'

-or-

SET MARK TO '/'

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug has been fixed in the updated version of the Setup Wizard Vfp6swiz.exe dated 10/08/1998. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create project "P."
Add a Main.prg to the project and build P.exe in a clean directory.
Run the following code from the Command window:
```
SET MARK TO '.'
						
```
Run the Setup Wizard with the following steps:
2. Point the File Source to the Project Subdirectory Containing P.EXE.
3. Do not include any components.
4. Place the setup files in the \Project\Test2 directory.
5. Select NetSetup as the only disk images option.
6. Use the following:
  
  Title: Test
  Copyright: Test
7. Use \Project as the default install directory.
8. For Program Group, use "Visual FoxPro Applications."
9. Have only P.exe listed in the files list. Do not have PM-Element or ActiveX element.
10. Click Finish.
11. Click Finish again.
Run the setup from the \Project\Test2\Netsetup directory.
Click the "Install All Files" button.

RESULTS: The error occurs.