windows installer and vfp 7

[michaelkatz]

We distribute an applications annually. With the 2005 edition , a customer tried to delete an .exe file with windows explorer. When they next tried to run the application, windows installer tried to install and things went down hill.

We get an error message # 1300, and the line number is non-sensible. The same error now happens for the 2004 and 2003 editions.

Replacing the exe doesn't help.

Any idea what could have happened.

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Mike Lewis]

Michael,

Sounds like you need to get the user to re-install the entire app, not just the EXE. Then give them a stern talking-to about the dangers of arbitrarily deleting files.

Mike


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[michaelkatz]

I tried all that. to no avail. They may have aborted the installer. But why should any of this affect prior years. Could the registry have been affected, and can it be cleaned up?

Thanks for any help.
I'm Desperate.

Michael

 

[rgbean]

The version of ISE for VFP that came with VFP 7.0 was kind of a "first cut', and there were big improvements in VFP 8.0 and even bigger ones in VFP 9.0.

If your users upgraded the MS Windows Installer (like with XP SP2), that may be the real problem. Consider upgrading to the "real" InstallShield installer, or use a newer version of ISE (and VFP!).

The registry is a big place, and it may be that just the uninstall section may be corrupted. Theoretically, a reinstall shouls have fixed it, but prehaps other changes have made this not possible.

Rick

 

[ramani]

Hi Michael

It appears that some variable is holding a invalid value.. example a very long path.. etc.. May be you can check the path in the specific user computer.

The installation could be looking for a specific file along the path.

Error 1300 points to a missing paranthesis. This could be the effect of a long variable or a macro substitution loosing the end portion of data.

Reinstallation could simply keep adding additional path statements.



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[michaelkatz]

We are using ISE Version 4.01 SP1.

Would changing the Product code and/or Upgrade code help?

Would copying to a new folder make a difference? Once the libraries are registered, why the the registry have to be involved at all.

Thanks.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Michael,

why the the registry have to be involved at all.

Because the EXE needs to know where the VFP run times are located. It looks in the registry to find out.

Mike


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