"Visual Basic 1.0 Setup by Batch File" Appnote Available

ID Number: Q75370

1.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

In rare cases, certain hardware configurations may not work properly

with the SETUP.EXE utility shipped with Microsoft Visual Basic

programming system version 1.0 for Windows.

As an alternative installation method for Visual Basic 1.0, you can

use the application note titled "Visual Basic 1.0 Setup by Batch File"

(BV0446). To obtain application notes, call Microsoft Product Support

Services at (206) 454-2030. Please specify whether you want a 3.5-inch

(720K) or 5.25-inch (1.2 MB) disk (no other disk format is available).

More Information:

Microsoft can only distribute this application note to registered

owners of Visual Basic because it contains uncompressed copies of

Visual Basic's Icon Library files. Thus, this application note is not

available on online electronic services; it is only available directly

from Microsoft.

This application note includes the following files and subdirectories

on disk:

README.NOW VBSETUP.BAT VBSETUP1.BAT DECOMP.EXE

VBSETUP.BAT must be run from DOS and from the drive in which you

inserted the disk. For example, typing the following from the drive C

DOS prompt won't work:

a:vbsetup

Instead, you must make drive A (or the drive in which you inserted the

disk) the active drive before running VBSETUP.BAT. For example, type

"A:" (without the quotation marks) at the drive C DOS prompt and then

type "VBSETUP" at the drive A DOS prompt.

Note: When you run VBSETUP as shown above (with no arguments), further

usage instructions will be displayed on the screen.

The Icon Library shipped with Visual Basic is contained on the

enclosed disk in uncompressed format, and will be copied to your

destination directory by VBSETUP. This disk (and the included Icon

Library) may only be distributed to registered owners of Microsoft

Visual Basic. VBSETUP.BAT will only work with 5.25-inch 1.2 MB disks,

or with 3.5-inch 720K disks. VBSETUP.BAT will not work with 5.25-inch

360K disks.