BUG: Adding Multiple Files w/16-Bit SetupWiz Fails on Win95/98

ID: Q147583

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 4.0
Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98

SYMPTOMS

Attempting to add more than one file in step 7 of the Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard fails. After selecting multiple files and clicking OK, the Setup Wizard displays a dialog containing "This file may be required for your program to run correctly" and prompts if a search for this file should be continued. If the search is terminated, a dialog displays "The file(s) you selected were already in the list. No new files have been added."

CAUSE

The Setup Wizard attempts to look for a single file with a filename that is the concatenation of all the files selected. This problem only occurs with the 16-bit version of the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard for Windows when run on Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98. It does not occur on Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 or on any 16-bit Microsoft Windows operating system. This problem does not occur using the 32-bit version of the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard for Windows.

RESOLUTION

Use any one of the following methods to work around this problem:

Add each file one at a time.

Create setup media or a template (.Vbz) file for the setup using an operating system other than Microsoft Windows 95. If a template is created on another machine, then the .Vbz file can be copied to the Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 machine and selected in Step 1 of the Setup Wizard using the Load Template button.

Add files manually to a template file generated on the Windows 95 or Windows 98 machine. In step 7, click Save Template and save a template (.Vbz) file to disk. Open this template file in a text editor and manually add a line for each file that you want to add. Listed below are some sample added FileXX lines, just replace the first parameter with the path to the file you wish to include:
```
      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 
```
Then restart the Setup Wizard and click Open Template to load the modified template file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We will post new information about this issue here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

Start the 16-bit version of the Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard for Windows.

In step 1, select the .Vbp file for the Calc sample (located in the Vb\Samples\Calc directory).

Click Next repeatedly until you reach step 7.

Click "Add Files..." and select more than one file in the common dialog box that appears. The previously mentioned dialog boxes appear after you click OK to dismiss the dialog box.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdss kbdsstools kbVBp400bug kbSetup KbWizard kb16bitonly

Keywords : kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,95,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug