FIX: Path Problems Using Project on Network Server

ID: Q171474

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Saving a project to one network share and creating the exe on a different network share causes Visual Basic to generate an invalid path to the EXE file.

CAUSE

This problem is caused when Visual Basic attempts to store the path to the EXE relative to the Project files.

RESOLUTION

Keep EXE and Project on same share or upgrade to Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

This requires two machines;

Create two shares on a system, for example:


      \\MyComputer\Share1
      \\MyComputer\Share2

From a second machine, create a new standard EXE project.

Save the project file and Form1 to \\MyComputer\Share1.

Build an EXE and save it to \\MyComputer\Share2.

Close the project.

Re-open the project.

Choose Build Exe from the file menu.

Observed Behavior

In the Build EXE dialog window, note that the path to the EXE is incorrect; the path appears as:


   \\<Path to Project>\..\<Path to Exe>.Exe

Without changing anything, click OK. You will receive an error:


   "\\<Path to Project>\..\<Path to Exe>.Exe
   The filename is not valid"

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug