PRB: Setup Wizard Replaces User-Created SETUP.EXE File

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

If a setup program is created for an application that will be distributed using the Setup Wizard and the user-created setup program has the name (SETUP.EXE), the Setup Wizard will replace the user-created program with its own file (which is also named SETUP.EXE).

CAUSE

The Setup Wizard does not check to see if a user-created file by the name of SETUP.EXE exists in the distribution directory where the files that comprise the user-created program reside.

WORKAROUND

Do not name any executables SETUP.EXE.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new project with one program file.

2. In the program file, execute the command:

   Wait Window "Hello"

3. Choose Build, and select Executable -- assuming the distribution kit is installed. Name the executable SETUP.

4. After the executable has been built, create a distribution directory, and copy the file SETUP.EXE and FOXW2600.ESL into the directory.

5. Run the Setup Wizard, and respond to the on-screen prompts. After the Wizard has created the distribution disk directories, run SETUP.EXE in the DISK1 directory. What will be executed is the Microsoft Installation program, not your original executable.