Microsoft KB Archive/240927

= FIX: Cannot Read Source File Error Running PDW Distribution =

Article ID: 240927

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q240927



SYMPTOMS
When installing a Visual Basic application created with the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) and the package contains one or more DLLs with long file names, an error similar to the following occurs and the installation terminates:

Cannot read source file c:\windows\temp\rbt5120.tmp



CAUSE
This problem is caused by mismatched components on the target system. Once an install has been made successfully, the problem does not recur.



RESOLUTION
Create a PDW package with a simple Visual Basic project that does not contain files with long file names and install it on the machines that demonstrate this problem. Subsequent installation of packages containing files with long file names do not experience this problem.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx

