Setup Problem

[NEETA PURANIK]

HELLO FRIENDS
HELLO FRIENDS

I AM FACING A PROBLEM RELATED TO VISUAL BASIC SETUP.

I WILL BRIEF YOU IN THIS MATTER.

I HAVE CREATED A PROJECT.HERE I USE VISUAL BASIC AS FRONTEND AND ORACLE 8 AS BACKEND.

HERE THE OPERATING SYSTEM IS 2000

THIS PROJECT CONTAINS

1.SOME ACTIVE X CONTROLS .
2 DLL FILES.
3.THIRD PARTY CONTROLS.
4.CRYSTALREPORT

PACKAGE & DEPLOYMENT WIZARD CREATES THE EXE AND SETUP.

WHEN I RUNS THE SETUP, AT END IT GIVES THE FOLLOWING ERROR.

C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\USERNAME\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMP\MSFTQWS.PDW\SELF REGISTER FILE COULD NOT BE LOCATED

HERE IT STARTS REMOVING THE INSTALLATION FILES.


NEETA PURANIK
[email protected]

[vbgladiator]

I've never used the Package and Deployment with VB, I use the Wise Installer instead. However, based on what you said, could it be that the computer is missing the following file?

C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\USERNAME\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMP\MSFTQWS.PDW

[honeybee]

The error means the Setup was unable to extract one of the DLL files onto the target machine. Are you using the latest Service Pack? At least SP3?

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[Gurbuly]

Are you using the calendar control MSCal.ocx ?

[Sylvania]

Noticed there's no answer here, so thought I'd provide one in case others are looking to this thread.

As Gurbuly metioned, it sounds like the project in question is using the Mscal.ocx (calendar control). There's a documented bug which will affect installs. Can be tricky to track down, since the error message seems misleading.

The fix is to open the Mscal.dep in notepad (Windows/System folder). Locate the line in the MSCAL.OCX entry which reads:

Register=$(DLLSelfRegisterEx)

Remove the "Ex" so it reads:

Register=$(DLLSelfRegister)

to fix the problem.

[Walter100]

anyone know where I can download a free setup program creater thats easy and easy to learn.

[Sylvania]

Wise is really good, but not free, and not one-click-easy either. I just got it last week, and though it's got tons of features and is *very* configurable, I haven't been able to successfully import a vb project into it yet, though I have created a few minor installs from scratch. Seems like you may have to learn msi scripting to use it for vb projects, but not sure.
Anyhow, it beats the pants off the PDW [not that that would be hard to do...]
http://www.wise.com [wise for windows installer---free demo]

Heard some good things about INNO: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
It is free. haven't used it, and have heard that it's limited, but the price is right.

InstallShield's ratings are about the same as Wise, and it's not free either. http://www.installshield.com