PRB: Error Installing EXE With "\" in Icon File Description

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

The Setup Wizard in Visual FoxPro allows the user to insert a "\" in the icon file description that will cause an error during installation of the executable. The error "Setup Error 279 object 243" is received shortly after the installation process begins followed by a message that indicates the installation did not succeed.

CAUSE

Setup Error 279 Object 243 is received in Win95 during setup. The user is then notified that setup was not successful and installation is exited.

Other characters like "*", "<", ">", "?", and "|" will produce the same error. These are characters that are not allowed in file names under 8.3 DOS naming conventions.

WORKAROUND

The workaround is to run the Setup Wizard again and remove the "\" from the name of the icon file.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a project and put an icon file in the distribution directory.



2. From the Tools menu, select Wizards, and then choose Setup.



3. In Step 6 of the Setup Wizard, select the PM Item for the icon file and, in the description, enter a "/" character. For the Command line, type:

   %s\name.exe

   where "name" is the name of the executable.



4. Select Finish, and run the Setup.exe file that is created.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

Keywords : FxtoolWizother
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b
Platform : WINDOWS
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