PATCH: Setwiz5.exe the Updated VFP 5.0 for Windows Setup Wizard

ID: Q162004

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

Setwiz.exe is a patch that contains the updated Setup Wizard for Visual FoxPro version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:


Setwiz5.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Here is the Readme.txt file from the updated Setup Wizard files, which includes instructions to install the updated files and the problems addressed.

Setup Wizard Update Readme

The Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard has been updated to address a number of known issues. This update runs only under version 5.0 of Visual FoxPro. Do not use it in Visual FoxPro 3.0 or previous releases.

Use the following steps to install the Setup Wizard update:

Replace the existing files in the following locations with the updated files:
```
    File           Location
    ----           --------
    Wzsetup.app    \Vfp\Wizards
    Wizset32.dll   \Vfp\Distrib.Src\Setup
    Clireg32.exe   \Vfp 
```
NOTE: If these files are not installed, then first rerun the Visual FoxPro 5.0 Setup, select Custom Install, choose Professional Applications, and choose the Microsoft Visual FoxPro Runtime and Setup Wizard component options.

Search your hard drive for other copies of Clireg32.exe and replace them with the new version. This file is a common component that other applications such as Visual Basic also use.

If you have already run the Visual FoxPro 5.0 Setup Wizard, delete the "\Vfp\Distrib" directory and all occurrences of the following files:
```
      Dkcontrl.dbf
      Dkcontrl.cdx
      Wzsetup.ini 
```

The Setup Wizard will automatically re-create these the next time you run it.

Updated Features

The Setup Wizard accommodates the latest version of Clireg32.exe, which now supports remote automation via Distributed COM (DCOM). There is a new option in the Custom OLE Servers Details dialog box for selecting DCOM. If you select this option, you must ensure that the machine onto which you are installing your distributed application supports DCOM.

Known Issues Addressed

The maximum number of files created for a disk image sometimes exceeds the DOS root directory limit. This affects only disk images that have more than 112 files per image.

When using a Visual FoxPro 3.0 setup, the default directory in Step 5 contains a drive letter. Generating disk images appends an extra drive letter to this directory, creating corrupt disk images. Tabbing into and out of the Default Directory text box also eliminates the problem.

Installation of newly created disk images sometimes fails if you select the Directory only option in Step 5 and choose a Program Item for a file on Step 6.

The Setup Wizard now generates a Registry key for international platforms using localized versions of the runtime resource file (for example, Vfp5enu.dll). This bypasses potential problems when installing a localized (non-US) runtime resource file onto an operating system whose locale ID is different.

NOTE: This issue does not affect disk images created using the Vfp5enu.dll resource file.

The Setup Wizard now generates registry keys to support certain ActiveX controls such as Microsoft's Web Browser when using ActiveX Dual Interface Support. See the SYS(2333) function.

The Setup Wizard has been updated to generate registry keys compatible with Microsoft Office 97.

A problem was corrected using SETUP /F with installs onto Novell networks. This involved using long names for Program Group and Program Item Description.

NOTE: The Visual FoxPro version 5.0x setup wizard no longer supports the /F switch.

The Setup Wizard no longer generates disk images that prompt the user to select a location for ODBC Start Menu items. Access ODBC components through the Control Panel.

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Keywords          : kbfile kbpatch kbVFp300 kbVFp500 
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Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999