PRB: PDW Error "The Object Invoked Has Disconnected from Its Clients"

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This article was previously published under Q297218

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SYMPTOMS

If you use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to package a Visual Basic 6.0 application, when you click the Finish button to try to create the package, you receive the following error message:

Error 80010108 Automation Error.

The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.

Alternatively, nothing happens when you click the Finish button.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because there is a circular dependency in the Crystal Reports dependency file. This applies to Seagate Crystal Reports version 8.5.

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RESOLUTION

The Crystal Decisions Web site at http://support.crystaldecisions.net/library/kbase/articles/c2009024.asp (http://support.crystaldecisions.net/library/kbase/articles/c2009024.asp) states:

To resolve this error, open Crystl32.dep in Notepad or a similar text editor and modify the section:

[CRPE32.DLL]
Dest=$(WinSysPath)
Uses1=CRPE32.DLL
Uses2=

So that it reads:

;[CRPE32.DLL]
;Dest=$(WinSysPath)
;Uses1=CRPE32.DLL
;Uses2=

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STATUS

For information about the status of this problem, see the following Crystal Decisions Web site:

http://support.crystaldecisions.net/library/kbase/articles/c2009024.asp (http://support.crystaldecisions.net/library/kbase/articles/c2009024.asp)

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