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Q190178: BUG: PDW Creates an Invalid Setup for a VB 5.0 Project

Article: Q190178
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbwizard kbAppSetup kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbwizard kbAppSetup kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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