Microsoft KB Archive/221728

= FIX: C0000005 Fatal Error With MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN in EXE =

Article ID: 221728

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q221728



SYMPTOMS
You have an application that uses the Visual FoxPro run-time files. Upon issuing a MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN command, the application exits with the following error:

Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

Called from -  { }

The procedure name and line number contain the method or procedure containing the MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN command and the line number. Note that the line number will be 0 if the executable was built without the Debug Info checkbox in the Project Information dialog box. The path and filename contain the path and filename of the file containing the method or procedure.



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 Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed



MORE INFORMATION
The MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN command can be used to reset the Visual FoxPro desktop window to its default size and color settings.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a project and name it test.  Add a program named Main that contains the following code: MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN WAIT WINDOW "PRESS ANY KEY TO QUIT"  Build the project into an executable file. Run the executable file.

RESULTS: The fatal error occurs.

