DOCUMENT:Q288930 26-MAY-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :PRB: PDW Raises Error "Filename Must Contain Text" PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER::6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbAddin kbwizard kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600 kbIDEProject kbGrpDSVB kbDSuppo ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you try to use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to generate a setup package, you may receive the following error message: Filename must contain text CAUSE ===== This problem can occur when a semicolon (;) is missing at the end of the Object lines in the project (.vbp) file. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, open the project file in a text editor such as Notepad, manually add a semicolon to the end of the Object line, and save the file. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default. 2. From the Project menu, click Components. On the Insertable Objects tab, select the "Microsoft Clip Gallery" check box, and then click OK. 3. Save the project, and then exit Visual Basic. (Note: You must exit Visual Basic to reproduce the problem.) 4. Open the project again. 5. From the Project menu, click Components. On the Insertable Objects tab, select the "Microsoft Word Document" check box, and then click OK. 6. From the File menu, click Make Project1.exe. 7. From the File menu, save the project, and then close Visual Basic. 8. Open the project again. 9. Click the Add-Ins menu. If the Package and Deployment Wizard is not listed, click Add-In Manager, click "Package and Deployment Wizard", select the "Loaded/Unloaded" check box, and then click OK. 10. From the Add-Ins menu, click "Package and Deployment Wizard", and then click Package. Notice that you receive the above-mentioned error message. Steps to Resolve Problem ------------------------ 1. In Notepad, open the .vbp file. Locate the following line: Object=MS_ClipArt_Gallery.5 2. Add a semicolon (;) to the end of the line as follows: Object=MS_ClipArt_Gallery.5; 3. Save the file. 4. Run the PDW, and click Package. Notice that you no longer receive the error message. REFERENCES ========== For additional information about another cause for this error, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q193174 PRB: Filename Must Contain Text Error Message When Packaging Project Additional query words: PDW ====================================================================== Keywords : kbAddin kbwizard kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600 kbIDEProject kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600 Version : :6.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= 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 2001.