DOCUMENT:Q190178 07-AUG-1998 [vbwin] TITLE :BUG: PDW Creates an Invalid Setup for a VB 5.0 Project PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER: OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== 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 ====== 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: kbDSupport kbAppSetUp kbdss kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600 ====================================================================== Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.