Repackaged QuickBasic 3.5" Disk Setup Fails to Install QB.LIB (74357)

SYMPTOMS

The SETUP.EXE program provided with the repackaged (single shrink- wrapped manual with diskettes enclosed) 3.5-inch disk version of Microsoft QuickBasic version 4.5 fails to install the QB.LIB library file. QB.LIB is not unpacked and not copied to the specified library directory. To install the file, you must manually unpack the file using the UNPACK.EXE utility provided with Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the repackaged 3.5-inch (720K) disk version of Microsoft QuickBasic version 4.5 for MS-DOS. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To manually install the QB.LIB file, insert the disk labeled "Utilities / QB Advisor" into your 3.5-inch disk drive. Switch to your 3.5-inch drive and invoke the UNPACK utility to unpack the file. For example, if your 3.5-inch drive is drive B and you have installed QuickBasic in the directory C:\QB45, you will want to switch to drive B and use the following command line from DOS to unpack QB.LIB:

   unpack qb.li$ c:\qb45\qb.lib

Once the file is manually unpacked it can be used normally. Note that the QB.LIB library is only required if you wish to use the CALL INTERRUPT, CALL INTERRUPTX, or CALL ABSOLUTE routines in your compiled Basic executables.