PRB: No Icons Created on Application Setup (159409)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
This article was previously published under Q159409 SYMPTOMS
After you create a distribution set with the Setup Wizard and run the setup
program on the target machine, Visual Basic 4.0 does not generate any icons
or groups for the application.
CAUSE
This is caused by an invalid character in the application title. For
example, you use parentheses in the title.
WORKAROUND
Remove any non-alpha-numeric characters from the application title and save
the project file. Then create the setup distribution set with the Setup
Wizard again.
MORE INFORMATION
When you compile an application (the "make EXE" menu option), you can use
the "Options" dialog box to type in an application title. Although Visual
Basic 4.0 allows you to place certain non-alpha-numeric characters in the
title, this causes the setup program to fail when it creates icons.
When you Save the project, the title is written to the .vbp file in the
line starting with "TITLE=". The Setup Wizard uses this line to set the App
Title that is then used as the default Group and Icon name. The setup
program creates only one group and one icon for the main executable by
default. In Windows 95 and Windows 98, the group is not created according
to Windows 95 and Windows 98 standards.
REFERENCES
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
151818 How To Build a Setup Program Creating Multiple Groups/Icon
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/24/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbAppSetup kbDSSTools kbprb KB159409 |
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