PRB: "Filename Must Contain Text" Error When Packaging Project

ID: Q193174

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SYMPTOMS

When attempting to use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to package an ActiveX DLL/EXE project, the following error is received: 

   Filename must contain text
This occurs when the ActiveX DLL/EXE project is part of a project group that contains and references a UserControl project, and the projects are saved before being compiled.

CAUSE

The PDW reads all of the objects and references out of the VBP file. When you compile the control only after saving both the ActiveX Control project and the ActiveX DLL/EXE project, the latter's VBP does not reflect the current state of the referenced control and is therefore invalid. When you open the VBP in Notepad, you will note that the reference to the control appears to be: 

   Object=*\A[Name of Control Project].vbp
However, if you choose to save the projects, the correct reference is saved: 

   Object={GUID}#version#version; [Name of Control Project].ocx
When the PDW fails to parse correctly in the first case, it tries to add a file named "" to make up for the name of the compiled OCX, which results in the above error.

RESOLUTION

To update the VBP file with correct references, save both projects before using the PDW to package them.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new ActiveX DLL in Visual Basic. Class1 is created by default.

2. In Project Explorer, right-click on Class1 and select Remove Class1.

3. Add a User Document (UserDocument1) to Project1.

4. Add an ActiveX Control project (Project2). UserControl1 is created by 

   default.
5. Close the designer of UserControl1. The control becomes visible in the 
   toolbar. Place an instance of the control on UserDocument1 of Project1.
6. Save the projects in the project group by selecting Save Project Group 
   under File. Accept the default location suggested by Visual Basic.
7. Click on Project2 and select Make Project2.ocx under File.

8. Click on Project1 and select Make Project1.dll under File.

9. Select Add-In Manager under Add-Ins and check Package and Deployment 

   Wizard (PDW) to load it.
10. Select Project1 and start the PDW by selecting it from the Add-Ins 
   menu.
11. Choose No when asked to save the projects before packaging, and then 
   Select Package. Note that the following error occurs and further
   attempts to package the project results in the same error:

      "Filename must contain text"
Additional query words: kbdss kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp600 kbWizard kbAppSetup 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: September 28, 1998