Microsoft KB Archive/312505

= OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows XP =

Article ID: 312505

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q312505



SYMPTOMS
When you are running an OpenGL-based program that is rendering an OpenGL scene that contains extremely long lines to a bitmap on your Windows XP-based computer, you may receive an access violation error message.



CAUSE
This problem can occur because the algorithm that is used to calculate the coordinates for the line is inaccurate for very long lines.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time   Version      Size     File name     Platform 29-Nov-2001 01:50  5.1.2600.21  686,080  Opengl32.dll  Intel



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about this problem and Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313377 OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows 2000

313364 OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows NT

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbappcompatibility kbbug kbenv kberrmsg kbfix kbwinxpsp1fix KB312505

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