PRB: "Invalid Line in Setup Information File" Error Message

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

SYMPTOMS

During the installation of a Visual Basic 4.0 application that uses Jet, a message box entitled "APPNAME Setup" appears with the following error message:

   Invalid line in setup information file!

   Section: Files
   1,,DAO3032.DL_,DAO3032.DLL,$(MSDAOPath),$(DLLSelfRegister),$(Shared),
   1/12/1996,456464,3.0.0.2504

CAUSE

The 32-bit Jet components are registered as installed to a network server with a UNC path. The error message appears because this registration occurs before you install your Visual Basic 4.0 application.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND

NOTE: Microsoft Developer Support does not support the modification of the setup process or any of the setup files. Support is provided for the Setup Wizard only on an "as is" basis.

Several workarounds are possible. The following three are recommended:

1. "Trick" setup into thinking DAO is not installed by removing the offending registry reference to the UNC path. Use the Regedit utility to find the DAO key. The DAO key is located in:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\DAO

   There will be a value named "Path" in the following form:

   "\\MyServer\DAO\DAO3032.DLL"

   Rename "Path" to "OldPath," and re-run the application setup.

2. If the Jet components are already installed on all the workstations, remove them from the application setup routine.

3. (NOTE: This is the most reliable method.) Modify the code in the Setup1.vbp project as follows:

   a. Open the Setup1.vbp project located in \VB\setupkit\setup1\setup1.vbp

       in 32-bit Visual Basic 4.0.
   

   b. Go to the strGetDAOPath() subroutine in the basSetup1.bas module and

       locate this section of code:
   

         If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKey, hkey) Then
                  RegQueryStringValue(hkey, strValueName, strPath)
                  RegCloseKey(hkey)
         End If
   
         Insert this line of code immediately following the preceding section:
   
         If Left(strPath, 2) = "\\" Then strPath = ""
   
         If the DAO Path is a UNC Path, Setup1 does not consider Jet to be
         installed.
   
      c. Save basSetup1.bas and run the Setup Wizard again to re-create the
       setup process for your project.
   
   

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