SMS: Visual Basic Application Setup Fails When Executed by PCM
Article ID: 128612
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q128612
SYMPTOMS
When Package Command Manager (PCM) for Windows 3.x tries to run a Visual
Basic Setup Wizard setup program, the setup program prompts for floppy
disks, even though all the necessary files are located in the package
directory along with the Setup.exe file.
Running the same command from File Manager works correctly.
This problem also occurs with OMNIWIN.
CAUSE
The Visual Basic Setup Wizard, Setup.exe, spawns Setup1.exe and then exits.
When PCM (PCMWIN16) detects the close of Setup.exe, it expects setup is
complete, and deletes the network connection to the package share. Thus,
when Setup1.exe looks for necessary files, it cannot find them, and prompts
for disks.
NOTE: Setup1.exe is only the default name of the file spawned by Setup.exe.
Developers are free to name it differently. See Setup.lst for the filename
that is actually being used.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.
Additional query words: prodsms toolkit sms
Keywords: kbinterop kbnetwork kbpcm KB128612