BUG: FIX: PDW Add Files Dialog Does Not Allow Selection of Multiple Files (216119)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q216119

SYMPTOMS

When you create a distribution set for your application using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) and attempt to add a group of files to the distribution set from the Add dialog of the Included Files screen, the dialog window does not allow the selection of multiple files. Additionally, if you double-click on a file to add it, the PDW will display the Dependency Information screen instead of adding it to the set.

RESOLUTION

The files must be added one at a time.

STATUS

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio 6.0 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 a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Select Make Project1.exe from the File menu to compile the project.
Start the Package and Deployment Wizard.
Browse to Project1 and select Package to build the distribution set for the project.
On the Included Files screen, click Add, and browse to any folder that contains multiple files. Note that you cannot select more than one file in the dialog window.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/12/2003
Keywords:	kbBug kbfix kbVS600sp3fix KB216119