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Q153201: PRB: Error Installing Distributed Application from CD-ROM

Article: Q153201
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 3.00 3.00b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 14-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b 
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WARNING: The information in this article has not been confirmed or tested
by Microsoft. Some or all of the information in this article has been taken
from unconfirmed customer reports. ANY USE BY YOU OF THE INFORMATION
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SYMPTOMS
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When attempting to install a Visual FoxPro executable from a CD-ROM setup disk
created with the Setup Wizard, the following error may appear:

  Insert CD-ROM Disk Labeled:
  'Disk1'
  Into Drive X:

"Drive X:" is the drive designation of the CD-ROM drive. However, the CD-ROM
drive contains the CD-ROM disk, causing the setup program to stop.

CAUSE
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The Netsetup directory that holds the compressed files exists under another
subdirectory on the hard drive. When the Setup program attempts to decompress
the files from the CD-ROM, it cannot locate the original directory structure
that existed when the Netsetup directory was created on the hard drive.

WORKAROUND
==========

While the Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard was not created with the intention of
making CD-ROM distribution disks, this error message can usually be corrected.

Here are two workarounds:

- Implement the solution described in the article referenced in the REFERENCES
  section and change a line of code in the Setup.inf file located in the
  destination folder created with the Setup wizard.

  Open the Setup.inf file using any text editor and place a period between the
  last set of quotes in the following line of code:

        "1","Disk 1","ACMSET16.EX_","."

  -or-

- Create the Netsetup directory making sure it is located off the root
  directory of the hard drive. In the third screen of the Setup Wizard, Step
  Three-Disk Images, select the root directory of the hard drive in the Disk
  Images Directory text box.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a project file containing a program file with a WAIT WINDOW command.

2. Build an executable from this project.

3. Start the Setup Wizard, build a network distributable, and save it in a
  directory under the Visual FoxPro directory.

4. Create a CD-ROM setup disk from the contents of the Netsetup directory.

5. Attempt to install the application from the CD-ROM and note that the error
  results.

REFERENCES
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For more information about creating a CD-ROM distribution disk, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q152395 How to Use Setup Wizard to Distribute VFP App on CD-ROM


Additional query words: VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b
Version           : 3.00 3.00b

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