Microsoft KB Archive/232632

= FIX: ITC Access Violation with Internet Explorer 5 =

Article ID: 232632

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q232632



SYMPTOMS
The Internet Transfer Control (ITC), which is shipped with Visual Basic, causes and Access Violation with Internet Explore 5 when both FTP and HTTP functionality is used.

The Access Violation is generally reported when the application is shut down.



CAUSE
This problem is caused by the bug in Wininet.dll, shipped with Internet Explorer 5, which is used by the control.



RESOLUTION
Use WinInet API directly from Visual Basic as an alternate solution that achieves similar functionality.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Internet Explorer 5.01. Internet Explorer 5.01 is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

