BUG: Adding PIF Files in SetupWiz Step 7 Copies Actual Files

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After selecting a file with a .PIF extension to add to the list of files in step 7 of the Setup Wizard, the actual .PIF file is not added. Instead, the file that the PIF file points to is added. For example, selecting the DOSPRMPT.PIF file actually adds COMMAND.COM to the list of included files. This problem only occurs with the 32-bit version of the Setup Wizard running under the Windows 95 operating system. This problem does not occur on Windows NT (3.51).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, manually add any files with a .PIF extension to a template file to be used by the Setup Wizard following these step-by step instructions:

1. Start the Setup Wizard and proceed normally until step 7.

2. Click the Save Template button and create a template (.VBZ) file. Exit the Setup Wizard.

3. Open this .VBZ file in a text editor such as Notepad, and add a line for each PIF file to be included. The only change needed is to the first parameter to the path of the PIF file. Some sample added lines are listed below:

   File17=C:\ENROLL\ENROLL.ICO,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0 File18=C:\ENROLL\MSTRS.EXE,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0 File19=C:\ENROLL\README.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0 File20=C:\ENROLL\TRAIN.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0

4. Restart the Setup Wizard and click the Open Template button to load the modified template file. Proceed normally through the rest of the Setup Wizard steps.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

1. Start the 32-bit version of the Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard.

2. Select the CALC.VBP sample project located in VB\SAMPLES\CALC as the project for which to create setup media.

3. Choose Next repeatedly until Step 7 of the Wizard is reached.

4. On step 7, click the Add Files button. Change to the Windows directory, and add the file called DOSPRMPT.PIF.

5. Note that the file that was actually added was COMMAND.COM, not DOSPRMPT.PIF.

Keywords          : TlsSetWiz vb432 VB4WIN
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug