PRB: HTML Help Link Error 1103

ID: Q183197

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you build a Visual C++ 4.x application that uses the HTML Help API, you get the following link error:

Link Error "Htmlhelp.lib(init.obj):fatal error lnk1103: debugging information corrupt; recompile module"


CAUSE

This error occurs with Visual C++ 4.x when the application is linked with htmlhelp.lib.


RESOLUTION

Link with Hhctrl.lib instead of Htmlhelp.lib. Both of these files can be found in the <HTML Help Workshop Path>\Lib directory.


STATUS

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 for Windows.


REFERENCES

For more information on HTML Help, please see the following Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/

Additional query words: kbHTMLHelp kbVC420 kbdss kbVC500fix kbDSupport 


Keywords          : kbVC420 kbHTMLHelp121 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.2
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999