ADT/ODE: Error Running Setup If More Than 40 Registry Keys Defined

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the Setup Wizard to create a custom Setup in Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE) or Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 7.0, if you specify more than 40 custom Registry keys for a single component, you may receive the following error message when you try to install the application:

In Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools

Object <id>
Your Setup files may be damaged. Try restarting the Setup program from
where you originally ran it.

In Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 7.0

Object <id>
Your Setup files may be damaged. Try restarting the Setup program.

This message is followed by another one stating that Setup was not completed successfully.

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CAUSE

Applications created with the Setup Wizard are limited to 40 custom Registry keys per component name.

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RESOLUTION

If you need to include more than 40 custom Registry keys, create a new component name in the Setup Wizard to include the additional keys.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start the Setup Wizard.
In the "What would you like to do?" dialog box, click "Create a new set of setup options for my application's custom Setup program," and then click Next.
In the "List of Files" box, click the Add button and add the sample database Northwind.mdb. Click "Set as Application's Main File," and then click Next.
In the "List of Shortcuts" box, click the Add button. Type Northwind Test in the Description box, and then click Next.

In the "List of Registry Values" box, click the Add button and complete the following information:

      Top-Level for Key: $(Machine's Software Key for App)
      Path to Key: Options
      Value Name: Key1
      Base Value Data on File: (none)
      Value Data: Test
      Value Data Type: String
      Component Name: Application

Perform step 5 a total of 41 times; each time increment the Value Name by one, such as Key2, Key3, Key4, and so on, for a total of 41 keys.
Click the Finish button, and save the Setup template as RegKey.mdt.
After the disk images are created, run the Setup program. Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

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REFERENCES

For more information about creating custom Registry keys in the Setup Wizard with Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools, search the Microsoft ODE Tools Help Index for "registry, adding keys in Setup Wizard."

For more information about creating custom Registry keys in the Setup Wizard with the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 7.0, click the Help button in the Setup Wizard screen displaying the "List of Registry Values."

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit 1.1

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kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB161403

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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

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