[RESOLVED] Package and Deployment Disaster

[SteveK123]

Hi Folks,
I'm in the process of trying to port my first VB6 application to a stand-alone computer.

Background:
- Development Computer: Dell Laptop (brand new D630 - running XP).
- Target Computer: Dell GX1 Pentium2 running Win98 (not SE). Only has a floppy and a Read-Only CDROM along with a USB 1.0 port.

Plan A:
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My first attempt at running the Package and Deployment (P&D):
-Load VB6
-Load my program located in C:\Myapp
-Ran the Pack/Deploy - followed all prompts which ends up creating the following directories on my harddisk "c:\Myapp\Package\Support"

I burned a new CD and copied only the "Package and Support" directories to the CD.

Before I get into the gory details of how it went downhill from there, are these the Directories that are normally created when running (P&D)? Are all these directories/files needed to load Myapp.exe on another computer?

I took the new CD out to the Target computer and ran the Setup.exe file that was in the Package directory(there is also a Setup.exe in the Support directory).

It started the process but hung up and reported a problem with the OLEAUT32.DLL. I had to reboot the Target computer but the OLEAUT32.DLL must have gotten corrupted causing Windows98 to not work anymore. I found another Win98 computer and re-copied the OLEAUT32.DLL and got Win98 working again. edit: I went through this routine twice.

Went to Plan-B.

Plan B:
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I loaded VB6 onto a different Win98 computer(Read Only CD, Floppy and USB 1.0) - ran the Pack/Deploy and attempted to target the floppy as where the Package and Support files were to go (CAB file was almost two Meg) which would cause multiple floppies to be created.

Well that didn't go well either - Pack/Deploy Wizard reported "An unknown error occurred while building Cab File". Tried another new floppy - got the same error.

I didn't think I would have this much trouble. Maybe I should go back to C++ under DOS.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.