SMS: Repackage of Netscape Communicator 4.03 Fails to Show Icons

• Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When using Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer to do a repackage of Netscape Communicator 4.03 Pro, the installation fails in several ways depending on the platform. On Microsoft Windows NT systems, the icons created by the Systems Management Server Installer do not correspond to those created by the actual Netscape installation.

The problem occurs when the shortcut icon number generated by the Systems Management Server Installer is greater than 127 in the installation expert. When the number exceeds 127 and you click OK in the Installation Expert, you are prompted to enter a number between 0 and 127, even though Installation Expert put the higher number in the icon number field.

This occurs because the Installation Expert uses 7 bits to represent an icon number, when it should be a 16-bit value.

On Microsoft Windows 95 computers, the failures are similar to those on Microsoft Windows NT. In addition, a sub-group of the Netscape Start Menu is not created on the Microsoft Windows 95 systems.

A "Normal" Netscape installation creates a Netscape Communicator Professional Edition program group and also creates a subgroup called Utilities when it is installed on either Windows NT or Windows 95. When repackaging Netscape under Windows 95, the Utilities group is not created; all the items that are normally installed in this group are placed in the Netscape Communicator Professional Edition group (with incorrect icons).

CAUSE

The icon numbers for each installation are as follows:

                            SMS Installer   Netscape (Actual)
   Icon Name                 Icon Number       Icon Number
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   IBM Host On-Demand              4                5
   Collabra                       31                4
   Composer                      155                3
   Messenger                     187               11
   Navigator                     254                1
   Netcaster                      28                6
   User Profile Manager           27                7 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server Installer builds 1.0.24 and earlier for Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95.

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Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbbug1.00
Version : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug