Article ID: 187280
Article Last Modified on 8/11/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q187280
SUMMARY
Cvtres1.exe is a self-extracting file that contains Cvtres.exe version 5.00.1736.1. Link.exe uses Cvtres.exe to convert resource files into the Common Object File Format (COFF). An incorrect version of Cvtres.exe causes some localized resources to become unavailable to the application. As a result, applications that determine which localized resources to use at run time do not obtain the correct resources. The Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3 (SP3), which installs an incorrect version of Cvtres.exe (5.00.1668.1), causes this problem. To resolve this problem, you need to replace Cvtres.exe version 5.00.1668.1 with an updated Cvtres.exe, version 5.00.1736.1 or later.
NOTE: This problem can affect other resources as well, such as dialog boxes. Also, if your application uses message resources, the following error message might appear:
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:
MORE INFORMATION
After Cvtres.exe has been replaced, any application with localized resource problems needs to be rebuilt. Open up the project in Developer Studio. On the Build menu, click Rebuild All. The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Release Date: Jun-10-1998
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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Cvtres1.exe contains the following files:
- Cvtres.exe
- Readme.txt
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Install Visual Studio 97 on Windows NT 4.0.
- Install Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3.
- Create a Visual C++ Windows Console Application that uses a String Table that has one entry with identifier IDS_TEST and ID number 1.
- In the ResourceView, right-click the string table and then click Insert Copy from the shortcut menu.
- In the Language list, select English (Ireland).
- Open the localized string table and change IDS_TEST text to different string that will allow you to identify the language.
- Repeat steps 4 through 6 for the following languages: English (U.K.), English (Canada), and Swedish.
Insert the following code into your project:
#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include "resource.h" void main() { TCHAR pszTest[256]; INT i = 0; HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandle(NULL); LANGID langIds[5] = { 0x409,0x1809,0x809,0x1009,0x41d }; TCHAR pszLangIds[5][25] = { "English","Ireland", "British","Canada","Swedish"}; for(i; i<=4; i++) { // SetThreadLocale function is not supported on Windows 95. SetThreadLocale(langIds[i]); LoadString(hMod, IDS_TEST, pszTest, sizeof(pszTest)); printf("%s\t(LangId = 0x%x)\t=\t%s\n", pszLangIds[i], langIds[i], pszTest); } }
- Build the project and execute it. Some strings will not be localized correctly.
- Copy the updated Cvtres.exe into the VC\BIN directory.
- On the Build menu, click Rebuild All.
- All localized strings should now appear as expected.
NOTE: This problem can affect other resources as well, such as dialog boxes.
REFERENCES
You can find Language Identifiers in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) under:
SDK Documentation\Platform SDK\Window Base Services\International Features\Locale Identifiers\Language Identifiers and Locales
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