PRB: Script Wizard Crashes with Application Error in Msdev.exe

ID: Q170254

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

The Script wizard in Visual InterDev may crash with the following error message when you click OK to close the wizard.

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. Msdev.exe


CAUSE

The Script wizard in Visual InterDev 1.0 does not correctly parse several HTML tags. If the page has a <DIV> tag or the <Form> </Form> tags, the script wizard will crash.


RESOLUTION

The <DIV> tag problem has been fixed with Visual Studio SP3. The <Form> tag has not been fixed. To use the Script wizard on a page that contains the <Form> tag you can do one of the following:

Temporarily cut out the <Form> tag, use the Script wizard and re-paste the <Form> tag when finished.

-or-

Use the Script wizard on a blank page, generate the scripting code, then cut and paste the generated code into the target page.


STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In Visual InterDev, create a new HTML file, and type <DIV> in the body. Right-click the file and select Script Wizard. Click OK. Visual InterDev crashes.


REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Additional query words: Crash GPF UAE Bomb VID 


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbwizard kbide kbScript kbVisID kbVisID100 kbGrpASP VIScripting 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 10, 1999