FIX: Bad Codebase Parameter Made by VB6 PDW for DHTML Projects

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

ActiveX controls or documents packaged using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) do not upgrade to newer versions.

CAUSE

The HTML file created by the PDW does not have the correct object tag. The object tag created did not put a "=" between Version and the version number. This causes the page not to upgrade the ActiveX control.

For example:

<OBJECT codebase=MyControl.CAB#Version1,0,0,6
classid="clsid:123D5234-3798-11D2-BA53-0020AFD51B12"></object> 

RESOLUTION

Install Visual Studio Service Pack 3.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start an ActiveX DLL project in Visual Basic 6.0.



2. Add a DHTML Page to the project.



3. Save the project and compile it into a DLL.



4. From the Add-ins menu, start the Package and Deployment Wizard.



5. Package the project.



1. When prompted, choose an Internet Package.



2. Choose the default setting for the options on subsequent screens of the wizard.



6. Open the HTML file that was created in the Package directory.
   
   Result: The source contains a codebase parameter similar to the one decribed above in the OBJECT tag if you do not have Visual Studio Service Pack 3 installed.

REFERENCES

For more information on how to debug issues related to Package and Deployment Wizard, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194296 HOWTO: Debug PDW Internet Deployment Issues

For other issues related to Package and Deployment of Visual Basic Project, please see:

Personal Online Support: Deploying Visual Basic Applications

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Contributions by Heidi Housten, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words: PDW VBD Download

Keywords : kbservicepack kbActiveDocs kbActiveX kbCAB kbInfoDelivery kbInternet kbVBp600fix kbCodeDownload kbGrpInet kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbInetDev
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug