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FIX: GP Fault in Visual C++ When Separators in Top Level Menu

Article ID: 129094

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003

Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1

This article was previously published under Q129094

NOTE: This problem exists only when running the above versions of Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, under Windows 95 M8 Beta.

SYMPTOMS

The Visual C++ version 2.0 and 2.1 menu editor causes a general protection (GP) fault in the M8 beta of Windows 95 when adding a separator to a top level menu or opening a menu resource with a separator in the top level menu.

RESOLUTION

If it is necessary to edit a resource that contains a top-level menu separator, you must open the <project>.rc file in a text editor and remove the top-level menu separators. Then you can use the Resource Editor to edit a menu resource.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Visual C++ version 2.2.

MORE INFORMATION

This bug is best observed in the following two scenarios.

Scenario One - Steps to Reproduce Problem

Generate an AppWizard application and select 'Both container and server' in the step 3 property page.
Open the <project>.rc file.
Open the menu folder.
Open the menu with the ID IDR_<project>TYPE_CNTR_IP.

A GP fault will now occur in Visual C++. Choose <Close> because <Ignore> will cause Windows 95 to hang.

Scenario Two - Steps to Reproduce Problem

Repeat steps 1 through 3 from Scenario One.
Open any menu.
Open the properties box for the empty menu item, and add a separator by clearing the Popup checkbox and checking Separator.

A GP fault will now occur in Visual C++. Choose <Close> because <Ignore> will cause Windows 95 to hang.

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