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Q156269: PRB: Quote Marks Cause Error Messages in Setup Wizard

Article: Q156269
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 3.00b 5.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbsetup kbvfp300 kbvfp500
Last Modified: 09-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0b, 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A set of distribution disks or a netsetup has been built with the Visual FoxPro
Setup Wizard. Running the setup program on those disks produces one of the
following error messages on the platform(s) specified:

Error message #1 (Windows NT and Windows 95):

  A setup initialization file has been corrupted

Error message#2 (Windows 95):

  Setup Error 945
  Your setup file may be damaged. Try restarting the setup program.

Followed by:

  Setup Error 723
  The process of top-level information has failed.

Followed by:

  Was not completed successfully.

Error message #3 (Windows NT):

Dr. Watson starts with the following message:

  An application error has occurred and an application error log is being
  generated.

  ACMSETUP.EXE

  Exception: access violation (0xc000005), Address: <some address>

Error message #4 (Windows NT and Windows 95):

  Setup Initialization Error
  Setup cannot access the required initialization file:'<path>
  ACMSETUP.EX_'

CAUSE
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Error message #1 occurs when two quote marks, either double or single, are
entered in Step #4 of the Setup Wizard for the Setup Dialog Box Caption.

Error messages #2 and #3 occur when a word within double quotation marks is
entered for the Setup Dialog Box Caption. For example, "Hello" (with the
quotation marks) causes the error messages.

Error message #4 is caused by placing the word within single quotation marks,
'Hello,' in the Setup Dialog Box Caption box in Step #4 of the Setup Wizard when
running Visual FoxPro 5.0 under Windows NT 4.0. A word within single quotation
marks should not cause the setup of the distribution disks to fail if the Setup
Wizard runs while Visual FoxPro 5.0 is running on Windows 95.

WORKAROUND
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Do not use quotation marks in the Setup Dialog Box Caption Box in Step #4 of the
Setup Wizard. For best results, use only alphabetic or numeric characters for
the Setup Dialog Box Caption.

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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The setup program uses the information entered in the Setup Dialog Box Caption
field when it is installing the distributed Visual FoxPro application. Quotation
marks cause the setup program problems.

The Setup program seems to be able to handle single quotation marks around the
Setup Dialog Box Caption when using Visual FoxPro 3.0b. In other words, 'Hello'
should not cause setup of the distributed application to fail if it was created
with the Visual FoxPro 3.0b Setup Wizard on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0.

Additional query words: kbdsd VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbsetup kbvfp300 kbvfp500 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300b kbVFP500
Version           : 3.00b 5.00
Issue type        : kbprb

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