ADT2: Setup Wizard Fails to Create Disks Compressing Large File
ID: Q156195
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit, version 2.0
SYMPTOMS
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
When you try to create distribution disks by using the Setup Wizard that
comes with the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0, the disk
images will not be created successfully if you include a file that is so
large that it takes more than 9 compressed files. You may also receive the
error message:
Can't create file.
CAUSE
The reason for this behavior is that the Setup Wizard creates compressed
files in the following format:
mydb.md_
mydb.m2_
mydb.m3_
...
mydb.m9_
mydb.m10_
MS-DOS does not allow extensions that are greater than three characters for
file names. Therefore, a file with an extension such as mydb.m10_ will
cause the creation of the disk images to fail.
RESOLUTION
You can edit the code in the Setupwiz.mdb so that the Setup Wizard can
create compressed files in the following format:
mydb.md_
mydb.2_
mydb.3_
mydb.4_
...
mydb.10_
To modify the code in the Setupwiz.mdb, follow these steps:
- Open Setupwiz.mdb while holding down the SHIFT key.
- Open any module in Design view.
- On the Edit menu, click Find to bring up the Find dialog box. In the
Find What box, type "_" and in the Search option box, select Loaded
modules, and then click OK. This should bring the pointer to the
following line in the module zws_Setup:
stFileDest = Left$(stDest, Len(stDest) - 2) & Format$(cChunk) & "_"
- In the line, replace the - 2 with - 3.
- Save the module and close Setupwiz.mdb.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access
Developer's Toolkit version 2.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft
Access Developer's Toolkit for Windows 95.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- Create a very large mdb file with a size of 70 megabytes (MB) or more,
or include several mdb files for distribution.
- Use the Setup Wizard to create distribution disks.
Note that if more than 9 compressed files are needed to create the
distribution disks, the Setup Wizard fails to create the disk images.
Additional query words:
ADT
Keywords : kbusage GnlFilem
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug