PRB: PDW Raises Error "Filename Must Contain Text" (288930)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q288930

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to generate a setup package, you may receive the following error message:
Filename must contain text

CAUSE

This problem can occur when a semicolon (;) is missing at the end of the Object lines in the project (.vbp) file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, open the project file in a text editor such as Notepad, manually add a semicolon to the end of the Object line, and save the file.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
  2. From the Project menu, click Components. On the Insertable Objects tab, select the Microsoft Clip Gallery check box, and then click OK.
  3. Save the project, and then exit Visual Basic. (Note: You must exit Visual Basic to reproduce the problem.)
  4. Open the project again.
  5. From the Project menu, click Components. On the Insertable Objects tab, select the Microsoft Word Document check box, and then click OK.
  6. From the File menu, click Make Project1.exe.
  7. From the File menu, save the project, and then close Visual Basic.
  8. Open the project again.
  9. Click the Add-Ins menu. If the Package and Deployment Wizard is not listed, click Add-In Manager, click Package and Deployment Wizard, select the Loaded/Unloaded check box, and then click OK.
  10. From the Add-Ins menu, click Package and Deployment Wizard, and then click Package. Notice that you receive the above-mentioned error message.

Steps to Resolve Problem

  1. In Notepad, open the .vbp file. Locate the following line:

    Object=MS_ClipArt_Gallery.5

  2. Add a semicolon (;) to the end of the line as follows:

    Object=MS_ClipArt_Gallery.5;

  3. Save the file.
  4. Run the PDW, and click Package. Notice that you no longer receive the error message.

REFERENCES

For additional information about another cause for this error, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

193174 PRB: Filename Must Contain Text Error Message When Packaging Project

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/26/2001
Keywords:kbAddin kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbDSupport kbIDEProject kbprb kbwizard KB288930
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