PRB: Installation Error with Setup Wizard in Visual Basic 5.0

ID: Q198252

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

If you create a setup program for your Visual Basic application using the setup wizard in Visual Basic 5.0 and then install it on a target computer, which uses either Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Windows NT 4.0 SP4, or Windows 95 as the operating system, the following errors may occur:

The ordinal 401 could not be located in the dynamic link library OLEAUT32.dll.

-or-

Invalid procedure call or argument, An unexpected setup error has occurred!

CAUSE

There is a version mismatch with the Msvbvm50.dll file. The following version of the Msvbvm50.dll file causes this error:


   File Name        Date         Version       Size
   -----------------------------------------------------
   Msvbvm50.dll     11/18/97     6.0.73.22     1340688

This version of the Msvbvm50.dll file ships with the following book by Sybex:


   MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
   By Kevin Hough
   ISBN: 0-7821-2269-8

The Sybex software contains a non-release beta version of the Visual Basic run-time DLL, Msvbvm50.dll (version 6.00.73.22). Because the version number is higher than any other released versions of the Msvbvm50.dll file, it will replace any existing Msvbvm50.dll file on the target computer.

RESOLUTION

Unregister the Msvbvm50.dll file and remove it on both the development computer and the target computer.

To unregister the Msvbvm50.dll file, use the Regsvr32.exe utility. The Msvbvm50.dll file resides in the Windows system directory. For example, on Windows NT enter the following line using the Start/Run menu option:

regsvr32 /u C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\MSVBVM50.DLL
When the Msvbvm50.dll file is successfully unregistered, delete or rename it from the Windows system directory.

Download the Msvbvm50.exe file from the Microsoft Web site as specified in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q180071 : FILE: Msvbvm50.exe Installs Visual Basic 5.0 Run-Time Files

Run the Msvbvm50.exe file on the development computer.

Recreate the setup program for your application.

STATUS

We are still researching this scenario and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information on problems relating to this version of the Msvbvm50.dll file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q193358 : PRB: Books Online Causes an IPF at 00DE:00000003

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Keywords : kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVBp500bug kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb