FIX: Setup Error 827 Installing Multiple OCX Files (193470)

SYMPTOMS

You create an application distribution with the Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard and the distribution contains multiple ActiveX controls (.ocxs) that you have added to the application distribution directory. When you attempt to install the application, you may see the following error occur:

Setup Error 827
Object <nn>
Your Setup files may be damaged. Try restarting the setup program
from where you originally ran it.

CAUSE

The setup script file, Setup.stf, generated by the Setup Wizard contains an error in the line that specifies the ActiveX control installation. Notice below that objects 33 and 36 get merged and become 3336. There needs to be a space between them. Here is the example:

   10       Ole Custom Controls   Group   32 3336 37     vital      %M

RESOLUTION

As a workaround, you may use one of the two following techniques.

Method One

Add the controls to your distribution using the Add ActiveX Controls dialog box, rather than placing them in your distribution directory:

Select the ActiveX controls... check box in step 2 of the Setup Wizard, which then displays the Add ActiveX Controls dialog box.
Find the controls you want to distribute in the list box within the dialog box, and select the check boxes next to each one.

This method is new in Visual FoxPro 6.0, and is preferred because it does not require that you place the .ocx files in your distribution directory, but automatically pulls them in for you.

Method Two

Edit the Setup.stf file created by the Setup Wizard and add a space between the merged numbers. Note that you have to repeat this for the Setup.stf file created for each disk image type you have selected in the Disk Images check boxes in the Setup Wizard step 3. You also have to repeat this if you subsequently re-run the Setup Wizard because this creates a new Setup.stf file or files:

Double-click the file and select Notepad as the program to open the file with.
Look for a line similar to the following. The numbers may vary, but you should see the text "Ole Custom Controls". Note that the number at the beginning of the line, in this case 10, corresponds with the Object number in the error dialog box:
```
10    Ole Custom Controls   Group   32 3336 37      vital       %M
						
```

Add a space between the numbers to make the line read as follows:

10    Ole Custom Controls   Group   32 33 36 37      vital       %M

Save the file and close Notepad.

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

The Setup.stf file is a script that the Setup.exe file uses to determine which files get installed with your application. The location of this file depends on which Disk Images check box(es) you have selected in step 3 of the Setup Wizard:

   Check box                   Location
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   1.44 MB 3.5 Inch            <Disk Images directory> + \Disk144\Disk1
   Websetup (compressed)       <Disk Images directory> + \Websetup
   Netsetup (uncompressed)     <Disk Images directory> + \Netsetup

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a source directory with an executable file. The executable can be a Visual FoxPro .exe file, or any other executable like Notepad.exe, for example.
Copy two or more .ocx files to that directory. The .ocx files are located in the Windows\System directory in Windows 9x or the WINNT\System32 directory in Windows NT. You can use the Msacal70.ocx and Richtx32.ocx files, for example.
Run the Setup Wizard.
In the Setup Wizard step 1, select the directory you created in Step 1, and then click the Next button twice.
In step 3, type in a Disk Images directory name, and then click the Next button.
In step 4, type "Test" in the Setup dialog box caption text box and "None" in the Copyright information text box. Click the Finish button twice. Click the Done button in the Setup Wizard Disk Statistics dialog box to complete the Setup Wizard.
Run the Setup.exe file in the Disk144\Disk1, Netsetup, or Websetup directory (this depends on what check boxes you selected in the Setup Wizard step 3). If you accepted the default of 1.44 MB disks, then this will be the Disk144\Disk1 directory.)
Click the Continue button in the first setup dialog box, and then click the OK button in the next three setup dialog boxes, and note that an error similar to the one described in the SYMPTOMS section is displayed.