Q116488 - FIX: App Studio Generates GPF with Long Strings Defined

FIX: App Studio Generates GPF with Long Strings Defined

Q116488

1.00 1.50 WINDOWS kbtool kbbuglist ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - The App Studio included with: - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Attempting to load a resource compiler file into App Studio that contains a #define statement for a string that is longer than 255 bytes causes a general protection fault (GPF) in RCDLL.DLL. RESOLUTION ========== The only workaround is to use #define statement strings of 255 characters or less in the resource(.RC) file. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug with App Studio for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5, supplied with Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 6.0. This is not a problem with App Studio, version 1.1, supplied with Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 1.0. Sample Code ----------- ; PROBLEM.RC #define VERYLONGSTRING "This is a very long string that will need"\ "to be continued on the next line. It will"\ "probably take quite a few lines of text to"\ "cause a general protection fault, but it"\ "will usually happen on lines greater than"\ "255 characters. This may be enough to make"\ "App Studio GPF; in fact, I'm pretty"\ "sure this is enough, so I probably should"\ "stop on this line here." Additional reference words: 1.00 1.50 character KBCategory: kbtool kbbuglist KBSubcategory: AppStudioIss

Keywords : kb16bitonly kbVC600fix kbGrpDSTools
Issue type : kbbug
Technology : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper