Microsoft KB Archive/122562

= DOC: _set_se_translator and set_terminate Help Info Incorrect =

Article ID: 122562

Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q122562



SUMMARY
The Quick Reference Help and Books Online both state that the _set_se_translator and set_terminate functions return a pointer to their argument. In fact, they return a pointer to the previous translator or terminate function respectively.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was fixed in the documentation of Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Annotate the Books Online and the Quick Reference Help to include the correct documentation. For the _set_se_translator help or Books Online:

 Choose Annotate from the Edit menu. Enter the following text:

The return value is incorrectly documented. _set_se_translator returns a pointer to the previous translator function.

 Click the Save button.

For the set_terminate function, repeat the above steps using the following text:


 * The return value is incorrectly documented. set_terminator returns a pointer to the previous terminator function.

Keywords: kbdocfix kbdocerr kbcpponly kbcompiler KB122562

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