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Q140878: BUG: Adding PIF Files in Setup Wiz Step 7 Copies Actual Files

Article: Q140878
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSSTools kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After selecting a file with a .PIF extension to add to the list of files in step
7 of the Setup Wizard, the actual .PIF file is not added. Instead, the file that
the PIF file points to is added. For example, selecting the DOSPRMPT.PIF file
actually adds COMMAND.COM to the list of included files. This problem occurs
only with the 32-bit version of the Setup Wizard running under the Windows 95
operating system. This problem does not occur on Windows NT (3.51).

RESOLUTION
==========

To work around this problem, manually add any files with a .PIF extension to a
template file to be used by the Setup Wizard, following these step-by step
instructions:

1. Start the Setup Wizard and proceed normally until step 7.

2. Click the 'Save Template' button and create a template (.VBZ) file. Exit the
  Setup Wizard.

3. Open this .VBZ file in a text editor such as Notepad and add a line for each
  PIF file to be included. Some sample added lines are listed below. The only
  change that will need to be made is to change the first parameter to the path
  of the PIF file to be included.

  File17=C:\ENROLL\ENROLL.ICO,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
  File18=C:\ENROLL\MSTRS.EXE,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
  File19=C:\ENROLL\README.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0
  File20=C:\ENROLL\TRAIN.HLP,0,$(AppPath),,|32760|,-1,0,0,0,,,0

4. Restart the Setup Wizard and click the 'Open Template' button to load the
  modified template file. Proceed normally through the rest of the Setup Wizard
  steps.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual Basic version
5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce
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1. Start the 32-bit version of the Visual Basic 4.0 Setup Wizard.

2. Select the CALC.VBP sample project, located in VB\SAMPLES\CALC, as the
  project to create setup media for.

3. Choose Next repeatedly until Step 7 of the wizard is reached.

4. On step 7 click the 'Add Files' button. Change to the Windows directory and
  add the file called DOSPRMPT.PIF.

5. Notice that the file that was actually added was COMMAND.COM, not
  DOSPRMPT.PIF.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDSSTools kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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