Article ID: 172759
Article Last Modified on 1/7/2000
APPLIES TO
- MSPRESS Advanced Windows, 3rd Edition ISBN 1-57231-548-2
This article was previously published under Q172759
SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to convert the AdvWin.mdp project included on the "Advanced Windows, 3rd Edition" CD-ROM for use in Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0, the Visual C++ development environment may crash with one of the following messages.
On Windows NT 4.0:
After clicking OK you may receive the following error:
On Windows 95:
After clicking OK you may receive the following error:
-or-
CAUSE
This error was caused by a bug in the initial release of Visual C++ 5.0. The bug has been corrected in Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1.
RESOLUTION
Upgrade to Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1 - What, Where and Why
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on this error and other possible workarounds, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166285 FIX: MSDEV Crashes When Converting VC++ 4.0 Projects
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