Microsoft KB Archive/133454

= PRB: Setup Error: Setup Parse Error in Initialize Pass =

Article ID: 133454

Article Last Modified on 3/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q133454



SYMPTOMS
Setting up an EXE from distribution disks created by the Setup Wizard generates this error:

Setup Parse Error in Initialize pass Object ID2: AppSearch Object: Bad default path field

When you can click the OK button, the setup application fails.



CAUSE
In Step 5 of the Setup Wizard, the developer has the option of setting a destination directory for the application being distributed. This directory is where setup program places the executable when a user installs the application. The error is caused by the fact that the directory name specified by the developer contains spaces or does not conform to directory name rules for a particular operating system. This typically occurs when an application developed on Windows 95 is being set up under Windows 3.1.



RESOLUTION
The destination directory must be a valid directory for the platform. When running the Setup Wizard for Visual FoxPro be sure the destination directory name, in step 5, conforms to the 8.3 file/directory name format for backward compatibility with previous versions of the Windows operating system.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
It is assumed that the developer is running Visual FoxPro on the Windows 95 operating system.


 * 1) Open an existing project, and build an executable file.
 * 2) Close the Project.
 * 3) On the Tools menu, click Wizards and then Setup.
 * 4) Follow the steps in the Setup Wizard to locate the desired executable.
 * 5) In Step 5 of the Setup Wizard, use the name "My Application" (without the quotation marks) as the Destination Directory.
 * 6) Complete the remaining Setup Wizard steps, and build distribution disks for your .EXE.
 * 7) Take the disks created by the Setup Wizard and attempt to install the application on a computer running Windows version 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or 3.11.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

Keywords: kbprb KB133454

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