PRB: Setup Error: Setup Parse Error in Initialize Pass
Article ID: 133454
Article Last Modified on 3/9/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q133454
SYMPTOMS
Setting up an EXE from distribution disks created by the Setup Wizard
generates this error:
Setup Parse Error in Initialize pass Object ID2: AppSearch Object: Bad
default path field
When you can click the OK button, the setup application fails.
CAUSE
In Step 5 of the Setup Wizard, the developer has the option of setting a
destination directory for the application being distributed. This directory
is where setup program places the executable when a user installs the
application. The error is caused by the fact that the directory name
specified by the developer contains spaces or does not conform to directory
name rules for a particular operating system. This typically occurs when an
application developed on Windows 95 is being set up under Windows 3.1.
RESOLUTION
The destination directory must be a valid directory for the platform. When
running the Setup Wizard for Visual FoxPro be sure the destination
directory name, in step 5, conforms to the 8.3 file/directory name format
for backward compatibility with previous versions of the Windows operating
system.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words: VFoxWin
Keywords: kbprb KB133454