PRB: The Jet VBA File VBAJet32.dll Failed to Initialize

• Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If you created a setup program for a DAO application using Visual Basic 5.0 or Visual C++ 5.0 and you upgraded to version 6.0 of those products, you will receive the following runtime error (3447) when you attempt to run the application on a distributed computer:

The Jet VBA file (VBAJet.dll for 16-bit versions, or VBAJet32.dll for 32-bit versions) failed to initialize when called. Try reinstalling the applications that returned the error.

CAUSE

Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual C++ 6.0 install new versions of the DAO and Jet files on your development computer. The version of VBAJet32.dll (6.1.8xx) that comes with the version 6.0 compilers is now dependent on the file Expsrv.dll. The error occurs with your original setup program because it does not include Expsrv.dll in the dependency information.

RESOLUTION

To resolve the error, do one of the following:

• Manually add Expsrv.dll to your file list for your existing setup program.



• Re-create a new setup program from scratch that includes this new dependency.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a DAO application and redistribution using Visual Basic 5.0 or Visual C++ 5.0.



2. Upgrade the computer to version 6.0 and rebuild your setup file.



3. Run the version 6.0 setup on a clean computer.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbAppSetup kbJET kbVBp600 kbVC600 kbVS600 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0; winnt:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: April 13, 1999