DOCUMENT:Q168161  07-MAY-2001  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FIX: Distributed Transaction Fails on Subsequent Runs
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:5.0 97
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbVBp500 kbVS97sp1fix kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp1fix kbvbp500sp2fix

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
 - Microsoft Visual Studio 97 
 - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 5.0 
 - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Using distributed transactions from RDO 2.0 may generating an error stating that
the connection is invalid.

CAUSE
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The problem may occur when RDO loads the Distributed Transaction Coordinator
(DTC) components after having previously unloaded them. RDO no longer unloads
the DTC components when it is unloaded from memory. The DTC components are then
unloaded when the process ends.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in version 5.00.3817 of
the file msrdo20.dll, which is included in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1.

For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp1fix kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp1fix kbvbp500sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVSsearch kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB500 kbVC500 kbVC32bitSearch kbVS97 kbVS97Search kbVC500Search
Version           : 5.0 97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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