Hi all,

I have a problem on building up installation files.  I am using Package and
Deployment Wizard from Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Tools.  I have several
files listed some error:  dependency of the listed file is out of date.  If
you continue (ignore the error), while you install the program, it will
abort automatically.  Basicly you can't even install the program.  The
controls that I use (the listed file - dependency out of date) are
EXCEL9.OLB (excel object), MSCAL.OCX (calendar object from MS Office),
APIGID32.dll, and some other third party controls.  Do you have any idea why
this thing happen?

For your information, When I build the same apps using the same program 6
months ago, it works just fine.  When I want to update my program, and run
installation again, this error out-of-date suddenly happens.  And I try in
different workstation (the same program and components), I don't see
mscal.ocx listed in the out-of-date list.  But I still have EXCEL9.OLB,
APIGID32.dll listed.  Is this something that relate to how you install and
setup visual studio and all third party controls?

Another information, I am using Visual Basic 6.0, with service pack 5.
Any help is appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

S Santoso

What you have is the classic case of your development system being updated
by the installation of some package (like Office, or IE, etc.) which updated
those dlls (ocx's, etc) but did not provide any revised dependency files
because they were not installations of development packages.

What you need to do now is to find the version and date of the files on your
machine, and update the .dep files associated with them; a plain text editor
like Notepad is sufficient. Just search for the file and the dependency
file.