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PRB: Setup Wizard Fails on Files with no Name

Article ID: 146875

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q146875

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Setup Wizard in Visual FoxPro, the Setup Wizard may display the following error message:

An invalid output handle error occurred in LcbCompressFile().

After you click OK, the Setup Wizard terminates.

CAUSE

This error message occurs when a file included in the distribution tree has no name. A file with just an extension and no name (for example, .txt) is considered to be a valid file under all the supported operating systems. However, the Setup Wizard is not designed to handle files of this type.

NOTE: This has also been reported to occur when a file in the distribution tree has a long file name.

WORKAROUND

Make certain that all the files in the distribution tree have a name.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a file named .txt
Run the Setup Wizard, and specify the distribution tree to be the directory that contains the .txt file.
Continue through the rest of the steps in the Setup Wizard, and click Finish. The error message will occur. After you click the OK button, the Setup Wizard terminates.

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