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Q86718: DOCERR: Setup Toolkit _MSTEST "Bad Destination Value" Error

Article: Q86718
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the _MSTEST application in the Microsoft Windows Setup Toolkit processes a
Setup information (.INF) file, processing stops with the error message

  Bad Destination value in INF File Description line.

CAUSE
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The sixth file property of each file's description must be empty.

RESOLUTION
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Modify the .INF file to remove any value from the sixth file property of each
file description. Specify each file's destination directory as a parameter to
the function that adds the file to the copy list (AddSectionFilesToCopyList,
AddSectionKeyFileToCopyList, or AddSpecialFileToCopyList).

MORE INFORMATION
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The "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit: Setup Toolkit for Windows"
manual documents the "Files" section of the .INF file format on pages 118-121.
On page 119, in Table A.1, the sixth property in a file description is called
the destination property and is documented to contain the destination directory
for the file. This is incorrect; the sixth field of a file entry must be blank.

Additional query words: 3.10 no32bit docerr

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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