BUG: Anti-Virus TSRs May Prevent Builds from VWB
PSS ID Number: 104901
Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0
- Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0a
This article was previously published under Q104901
SYMPTOMS
The Visual Workbench (VWB) may hang during the link phase of a build
if any active anti-virus protection terminate-and-stay resident (TSR)
program is enabled.
CAUSE
Central Point anti-virus (CPAV) and many others provide active
anti-virus protection that traps all attempts to modify an executable.
The program then asks the user for confirmation before allowing the
modification to proceed, and nothing else can happen until the request
is either granted or denied. In the Visual Workbench, this request is
made in a wintee window, and the user has no way to answer it if that
window is invisible.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation
for MS-DOS, versions 1.0 and 1.0a.
This is not a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation 32.
RESOLUTION
The request for confirmation from the anti-virus software can be seen
if wintee is made visible when the Visual Workbench is started. Add
the /v option to the command line in the Program Item Properties for
the Visual Workbench icon to make wintee visible. This also helps in
diagnosing other VWB related problems.
Turning off all the active anti-virus protection software when
building programs is another solution.
Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a MSAV nofpsnt
Keywords: KB104901
Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower100aDOS kbFORTRANPower100DOS kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword3