The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools
SYMPTOMS
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
You cannot remove a run-time application created with Microsoft Office 97
Developer Edition Tools if the Microsoft Access Run-Time Version was not
visible in the component list of your Setup program.
When you try to uninstall the application, you receive the following error
message:
<Application Name> Setup was not completed successfully.
RESOLUTION
Verify that the "Display in Component List" check box is selected for the
Microsoft Access Run-Time Version when you create disk images with the
Setup Wizard. For example, follow the instructions in the "Steps to
Reproduce Behavior" section below, but omit step 7, which instructs you to
clear the "Display in Component List" check box.
MORE INFORMATION
The Setup Wizard in Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools allows you
to customize your Setup program by selecting which components of your
application appear in the component list when a user selects the Custom
installation option.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Start the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools Setup Wizard.
- On the first screen of the wizard, click "Create a new set of setup
options for my application's custom Setup program," and then click
Next.
- On the "List of Files" screen, click the Add button, and add the sample
database Northwind.mdb. Click to select the "Set as Application's Main
File" check box, and then click Next.
- On the "List of Shortcuts" screen, click the Add button to add a new
shortcut for the database file. Type "Uninstall Test" (without the
quotation marks) in the Description box. Click the Database Shortcut
Properties tab, and then click to select the Run-Time check box. Click
Next.
- Click Yes when prompted to include the run-time executable file, and
click OK when prompted about including a workgroup information file.
- Click Next on the "List of Registry Values" and "Which of the
following components do you want to include" screens.
- On the "List of Components" screen of the Setup Wizard, select
Microsoft Access Run-Time Version, and then click to clear the
"Display in Component List" check box. Repeat for the Workgroup
Administrator component, and then click Next.
- Complete the Setup Wizard, following the instructions on your screen to
create your setup files.
- Run your custom Setup program to install the run-time application on a
target computer.
- Run the Setup program again, and click Remove All in the Installation
Maintenance dialog box. Note that you receive the error message
immediately, and the application is not removed from the target
computer.