PRB: Setup Error: Setup Parse Error in Initialize Pass

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Setting up an EXE from distribution disks created by the Setup Wizard generates this error:

   Setup Parse Error in Initialize pass Object ID2: AppSearch Object: Bad
   default path field

CAUSE

In Step 5 of the Setup Wizard, the developer has the option of setting a destination directory for the application being distributed. This directory is where setup program places the executable when a user installs the application. The error is caused by the fact that the directory name specified by the developer contains spaces or does not conform to directory name rules for a particular operating system. This typically occurs when an application developed on Windows 95 is being set up under Windows 3.1.

RESOLUTION

The destination directory must be a valid directory for the platform. When running the Setup Wizard for Visual FoxPro be sure the destination directory name, in step 5, conforms to the 8.3 file/directory name format for backward compatibility with previous versions of the Windows operating system.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

It is assumed that the developer is running Visual FoxPro on the Windows 95 operating system.

1. Open an existing project, and build an executable file.

2. Close the Project.

3. On the Tools menu, click Wizards and then Setup.

4. Follow the steps in the Setup Wizard to locate the desired executable.

5. In Step 5 of the Setup Wizard, use the name "My Application" (without the quotation marks) as the Destination Directory.

6. Complete the remaining Setup Wizard steps, and build distribution disks for your .EXE.

7. Take the disks created by the Setup Wizard and attempt to install the application on a computer running Windows version 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or 3.11.