Microsoft KB Archive/122932

= FIX: Special Characters in Path May Prevent File Access =

Article ID: 122932

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q122932



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Visual C++ fails to open files that have .BSC or .RC extensions when there are special characters (shown below) in the path. The editor will return to the main window without posting a warning or error.



CAUSE
The space character and the following characters cause this problem:   $  %  @  #  ! ^   {  }  [  ] All of these characters should work; they are all acceptable.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, avoid using any of the special characters listed above.



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

