BUG: PDW Creates an Invalid Setup for a VB 5.0 Project
Article ID: 190178
Article Last Modified on 5/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q190178
SYMPTOMS
If you create and compile a project under Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, and
use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) in Visual Basic 6.0 to create a
setup package for the project, the PDW will create an invalid setup program
without any warning. After you deploy the setup package in another machine,
you cannot run the application.
CAUSE
The problem arises because the original executable (EXE) of your Visual
Basic project expects to use the MSVBVM50.DLL run-time library. When the
PDW creates a setup package for the Visual Basic 5.0 project, the PDW adds
the MSVBVM60.DLL run-time library to the setup package. When you deploy the
package and run the application, the original Visual Basic 5.0 EXE is in
conflict with the files the setup package installed. Therefore, it fails to
run.
RESOLUTION
Recompile your Visual Basic 5.0 project using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
before using the PDW to create a setup package.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
Keywords: kbbug kbappsetup kbwizard KB190178