DOCUMENT:Q280513 23-AUG-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :PRB: VB6 App Has Run-Time Error 3633 When Run on New Computer PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER::6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbDeployment kbGrpDSVBDB kbGrpDSMDAC kbDSupport ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 build setup disks for a Microsoft Jet-based database application with the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW), the Package and Deployment Wizard does not include the Microsoft Jet database engine files. When you install the application and try to run it, you get the following error message: Run-time error '3633' CAUSE ===== The Package and Deployment Wizard does not know to add the Microsoft Jet 4.0 database engine if you are using the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library. RESOLUTION ========== Add the MDAC_TYP.EXE to your setup package. NOTE: MDAC 2.6 and later no longer include the Jet engine. If you are using MDAC 2.6 or higher, you need to use the Jet redistribution pack. For more information about downloading the Jet redistribution for use with your application, see the following Microsoft Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/data MORE INFORMATION ================ This problem does not occur on Windows 2000-based computers or computers that have Microsoft Office 2000 installed. To reproduce the problem, install the following application that is created on a clean installation of Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 95. or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3. Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Create a new application and add a reference to the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library. 2. Create setup disks by using the Package and Deployment Wizard. 3. Install the application on a new computer that does not already have Jet installed. 4. Run the application, and note that you receive the error message. 5. Repeat the preceding steps, but add a reference to the Microsoft DAO 3.5 Object Library. Note that the application runs correctly. REFERENCES ========== For more information about Jet 4.0 and DAO 3.6, see the following MSDN Web site at: http://msdn.microsoft.com Additional query words: 3633 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbDeployment kbGrpDSVBDB kbGrpDSMDAC kbDSupport Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search 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.