FIX: Viewer 2.0 Bugs Fixed by Viewer 2.0a
  
PSS ID Number: Q108890
Article last modified on 03-12-1996
 
2.00 2.00a
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit versions 2.0 and 2.0a
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SUMMARY
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This article contains descriptions of two bugs in Viewer 2.0 that were
fixed by Viewer 2.0a. The first bug causes many problems with Project
Editor and Topic Editor, and is caused by having Visual Basic 3.0 installed
on your system. The second bug is related to setting the print/tab
parameter to 0 (zero) in the PaneID command. Viewer 2.0a is identical to
Viewer 2.0 except for these two bug fixes.
 
SYMPTOMS OF BUG #1
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If you have Visual Basic 3.0 installed on your machine, you will experience
difficulties using the Viewer 2.0 Project Editor and Topic Editor. Some
functions of the Project Editor and Topic Editor don't work correctly and
some functions don't work at all. Some of the most commonly reported
problems are:
 
1. The "Compile Title" and "Run Viewer With Title" toolbar buttons in the
   Project Editor launch the compiler or Viewer, respectively, twice.
 
2. Viewer Topic editor causes an "Out of stack space" error when editing
   the multimedia options of an {¬ewX MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, ...} statement.
 
CAUSE OF BUG #1
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The reason for this incompatibility is that Visual Basic 3.0 and Viewer 2.0
both need to use a file called THREED.VBX, but the two programs expect to
see a different version of the THREED.VBX file. Viewer 2.0 expects to use
the 60720K version of THREED.VBX that shipped with Visual Basic 2.0. Viewer
2.0a expects to use the 64544K version of THREED.VBX that shipped with
Visual Basic 3.0.
 
RESOLUTION FOR BUG #1
=====================
 
You can either install Viewer 2.0a or remove Visual Basic 3.0 from your
machine. To remove Visual Basic 3.0, you must remove everything in your VB
directory and remove the 64544K version of THREED.VBX from your
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Then, copy the 60720K version of THREED.VBX from
the Viewer CD and place it in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
 
SYMPTOMS OF BUG #2
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Page 6-18 of the Viewer "Authoring Guide," indicates that if you set the
print/tab parameter of the PaneID command to 0 (zero), then that regular
pane will be excluded from tabbing, printing, and copying. If the title is
compiled with Viewer 2.0, and if a pane is set to be excluded from
printing, then the pane will incorrectly print.
 
RESOLUTION FOR BUG #2
=====================
 
Viewer 2.0a fixes this bug. Therefore, if the title is compiled with Viewer
2.0a, and if a pane is set to be excluded from printing, then the pane will
correctly not print.
 
NOTE: If you set the print/tab parameter of the PaneID command to 0 (zero)
in either Viewer 2.0 or 2.0a, the pane will correctly be excluded from
tabbing and copying as described on page 6-18 of the Viewer "Authoring
Guide."
 
MORE INFORMATION
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How to Obtain Viewer 2.0a
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Viewer 2.0a is available in the Microsoft Software Library. There is a
README.TXT file included with the Viewer update to help you install the
upgrade.
 
You can find VWR20A.EXE, a self-extracting file, on these services:
 
 - Microsoft's World Wide Web site on the Internet
      On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product
      Enter kbfile VBWR20A.EXE, and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file
 
 - Internet (anonymous FTP)
      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder
      Get VBWR20A.EXE
 
 - The Microsoft Network
      On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location
      Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks)
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon
      Find the appropriate product area
      Locate and Download VBWR20A.EXE
 
 - Microsoft Partner Network (MSPN)
      On MSPN Desktop, double-click the Software Library icon
      Search for VBWR20A.EXE
      Display results and download
 
 - Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download VBWR20A.EXE
 
For additional information about downloading, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
 
Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a buglist2.00 fixlist2.00a
KBCategory: kbother kbfixlist kbbuglist kbfile
KBSubcategory: MdkView
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