>>I have an application for which I have built an executable, run setup wizard and distributed disks several times. Always with no problem.
>>I recently made some upgrade changes in some of the forms and put on a different icon, then rebuilt it--but when the user
>>takes the disks and runs the setup it gives this error:
>>ERROR 279 OBJECT 240 Your Setup files may be damaged, try restarting the Setup Program.
>>I have tried everything I can think of, including reinstalling my FoxPro(3.0) and cannot get rid of this error. I reran it without the new Icon, but that didn't help. We've tried it on several computers--both the build and the install. I'm stuck on what to try next.
>>
>>Any ideas? Thanks. Becky
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>Direct from MS:
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>FIX: "Setup Error 280 Object " with Long File Names
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>Last reviewed: February 20, 1997
>Article ID: Q162115
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>SYMPTOMS
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>When you attempt to run a Setup.exe created by the Visual FoxPro 5.0 Setup Wizard, the following error occurs:
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>Setup error 280 Object
>Your Setup files may be damaged. Try restarting
>the Setup program.
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>CAUSE
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>The error is due to a file with a long file name that is large enough to require splitting. This may occur on a file size of 725 K or larger. However, smaller files may also cause problems.
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>RESOLUTION
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>You can rename the file to a conventional 8 character name or obtain an updated Setup Wizard.


P.S. to previous reply---
I opened the Dkcontrl dbf to see if I could see anything unusual. The only files being split are my EXE and the VFP 3 runtime which looks ok. BUT in the uniqueid column, the Setup.INF does not have an entry. Does that mean anything?

Thanks. Becky