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Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 Readme
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The Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 Readme contains the following
sections:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 provides an overview of Visual
Studio Service Pack 2.
- Installing the Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 provides
installation and setup instructions.
- Notes on Fixes in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 provides overall
information on the fixes and the interactions with other products.
- Finding More Information on Issues Resolved with This Service Pack
provides instructions on how to search online for the Knowledge Base
articles, and a list of the fixes and their summaries.
- Welcome to Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 contains the Visual Basic
Readme for this Service Pack.
Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
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The Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 includes all of the fixes in
Service Pack 1 and upgrades the following Visual Studio applications:
Microsoft Visual Studio 97 (Professional and Enterprise Editions)
Microsoft Visual Basic, version 5.0 (Professional and Enterprise Editions)
Microsoft Visual C++, version 5.0 (Professional and Enterprise Editions)
Microsoft Visual InterDev
Microsoft Visual J++, version 1.1
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, version 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro, version 5.0
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library
These Visual Studio applications should be shut down before installing this
Service Pack. Install this Service Pack whenever you have updated or
changed any of the applications in Visual Studio to ensure that you have
the latest fixes.
Installing the Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
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To install the Service Pack, insert the compact disc into your computer's
CD-ROM drive. If you have downloaded and decompressed the Service Pack, or
if the Service Pack Setup does not automatically launch, go to the root
directory of the Service Pack and run Setup. The setup.exe will detect the
language of your computer's operating system and run one of the following
setups:
\fra\setup (French)
\deu\setup (German)
\enu\setup (English)
\jpn\setup (Japanese)
\esp\setup (Spanish)
\kor\setup (Korean)
\chs\setup (Simplified Chinese)
\cht\setup (Traditional Chinese)
\ita\setup (Italian)
The Service Pack Setup detects any installed Visual Studio applications and
the specific languages those applications use. (Files are checked for
language, determined by the operating system settings and the individual
file settings.) This Service Pack supports the following languages: Czech,
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,
Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.
During the installation, the Service Pack displays the files to be
installed or updated based on the installed applications detected. After
updating your installation of any of the Visual Studio applications, the
Service Pack appends any actions to the VS97SP2.log file, which is stored
in the root directory of the drive where Windows is installed. If you run
the Service Pack again, any additional file updates are appended to the end
of the log file.
Determining the Files That Setup Installs
Setup does not install all the files included in this Service Pack on your
computer.
If the file does not exist already on your computer, in most cases Setup
will not install an update for it. Setup does not make any entries in the
log for files that are not present.
If the file on your computer is a more recent version than the one in the
Service Pack, Setup will not update the file on your computer. The setup
log will state "File is up to date" for each file on your computer that is
the same version or more recent than what is on the Service Pack.
Some .cab files are included in the Service Pack for redistribution only.
Setup does not install them as part of the product update. You must copy
them from the compact disc as needed.
Interpreting the Setup Log File
Setup will perform one of two actions for each file in its file list. If
Setup detects that a file is not installed on your computer and the file is
not required, Setup will neither install it nor create a report in the log.
Otherwise, Setup will report in the log one of the following conditions for
each file in its list:
- "Copied successfully": The file on your computer was successfully
updated with the file in Setup's list.
- "Rename on reboot": The file on your computer was in use during the
copy process. It will be replaced with the Service Pack copy on the next
system reboot.
- "File is up to date": The Service Pack file contains version
information and the file on your computer is the same or a later
version. (Setup will also report this message if the date of any file
that does not contain version information, such as a text file, on your
computer is later than the date of the Service Pack file.)
All other errors, such as "Access denied" or "The system cannot find the
path specified," are the operating system's error message for a particular
problem. These errors indicate that Setup could not update the file.
Updating Files You Previously Modified
The primary way Setup determines which files to replace is by checking the
version information in a file's resources. However, some files, such as
text files and non-binary files, have no resource information. In these
cases, Setup uses the time stamp to determine which files need to be
replaced.
If you have altered the time stamp on any of the Visual Studio component
text files or files that do not have version information, then Setup may
not replace those files. Source files and header files are examples of some
files you might have changed. Please check the setup log to determine
which files have been updated. You must evaluate each of the files that is
not updated to determine whether you should use the Service Pack version.
Determining the Update History of the Products Based on File Versions
To determine which updates have been made since the initial release of a
product, you will need to examine the version number in the properties of
one or more files.
To determine the update status of a product:
1. Look in the table below to determine which file you want to examine. In
some cases, you may need to examine more than one file to determine
fully the product's update history.
2. For each file, right-click the file in Windows Explorer, then click
Properties.
3. Click the Versions tab and compare the version listed with the version
in the table.
The following table lists the developer tools that shipped in 1997 and have
been updated in a Visual Studio 97 Service Pack. It also lists the key
files you should check to ascertain version information:
Version on
Product Files Release SP1 SP2
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Visual Basic 5.0 setupwiz.exe 5.00.3716 5.00.3905 5.00.3905
vb5ide.dll 5.00.3724 --- 5.00.4319
Visual C++ 5.0 link.exe 5.00.7022 5.02.7132 5.02.7132
eecxx.dll 5.00.7122 --- 5.00.7198
Visual InterDev 1.0 devisws.pkg 5.00.7022 5.00.7087 No update
Visual J++ 1.1 devjava.pkg 5.00.7022 5.00.7128 5.00.7128
devdbg.pkg 5.00.7022 5.00.7128 5.00.7198
Visual SourceSafe 5.0 ssscc.dll 5.00.2218 5.00.2219 5.00.2220
Visual FoxPro 5.0 vfp.exe Build 402 No update Build 412
NOTE: "No update" means that the product has no updates in the Service
Pack. Also note that even for updated products, some of the files did not
change from one service pack to the next.
The InfoViewer tool is used to display online help for Visual Studio and
MSDN. It has also been updated several times.
Version on
Files Release MSDN April SP1 MSDN July SP2
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ivauto.dll 5.00.7022 5.00.7022 5.00.7055 5.00.7055 5.00.7198
deviv.pkg 5.00.7022 5.00.7022 --- 5.00.7022 5.00.7198
Uninstalling the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack
The Service Pack cannot be uninstalled independently of the product tools
being updated. To uninstall the Service Pack updates to a Visual Studio 97
tool, such as Visual C++ or Visual Basic, you must uninstall the tool. The
Service Pack updates will be uninstalled with it. Then, reinstall the tools
without the updates.
Because many interdependent components of the Visual Studio 97 tools are
simultaneously updated by the Service Pack, the products may become
unstable if you roll back of some of the updates, or if you run Setup in
maintenance mode from the original product compact disc. This instability
can occur because of the combination of files that are updated and files
that are not updated.
To avoid an unstable combination of updated and old files, you must remove
all of the Visual Studio 97 tools completely if you want to remove the
Service Pack updates or if you want to remove parts of the product. If you
had not installed everything in your Visual Studio suite before applying
the Service Pack and you now want to add some of the remaining components,
make the additions first, then apply the Service Pack.
Notes on Fixes in the Visual Studio Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 includes all of the fixes in
Service Pack 1.
NOTE: Do not use the Microsoft Utility RegClean 4.1 with Visual Studio or
any Visual Studio Applications.
If you run RegClean 4.1 (build 97.71), you might find (if you have Visual
C++ Enterprise or Visual Basic Enterprise installed) that the Database
Designer no longer works, or (if you have Visual InterDev installed)
the Database Designer and LinkView tools no longer work. If you have run
RegClean, then reinstall the Visual Studio applications as appropriate.
Active Server Pages (ASP) Browser Component Does Not Recognize the Browser
If you are installing a new release of Microsoft Internet Explorer or
Netscape Navigator, the ASP browser component object may not work in Visual
Studio. The string identifying the browser may not be present in the
browsecap.ini file, which is located on the Web server. The solution is to
either manually change the file or download a newer version of the file
from the Internet Information Server (IIS) Web site.
The version of the browsecap.ini file that currently ships with the Visual
InterDev server components does not recognize Microsoft Internet Explorer
3.02 as a valid browser. This results in an error when running an .asp page
using the browser component in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02.
An updated version of the browsecap.ini file as well as a 1.0b updated
version of Active Server Pages is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/iis/. Once there, click the "get IIS" button and
choose "Other free software," then "Updates for IIS." Choose a new
compressed or uncompressed browsecap.ini file to download.
A full download of Active Server Pages English 1.0b is available under "get
iis" as well. The 1.0b English version provides full DBCS enabling and some
fixes.
Updates to SQL Server and Visual Database Tools
You must download SQL Server Service Pack 3 for working with Visual
Database Tools and/or Visual InterDev.
The SQL Server Service Pack 3 is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/ServicePak.htm.
SQL Server Service Pack 3 fixes several issues with the relational engine
of Visual Database Tools including:
- A query with two or more RIGHT/LEFT OUTER JOIN clauses resulted in a
syntax error. Now they parse correctly and generate the correct result.
- Some "complex" queries and views with five or more tables would stop the
server. This resulted in a TDS Protocol error and a subsequent stop of
Visual Studio. This issue has been corrected.
Visual Database Tools/Visual InterDev still requires, as a minimum, SQL
Server Service Pack 1, but installing SQL Server Service Pack 3 is
recommended.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Options and InfoViewer
InfoViewer, the integrated online documentation viewer included with MSDN
and Visual Studio, relies on the Microsoft Internet Explorer security
settings for active content. The online documentation included with MSDN
and Visual Studio includes some active content. If you set your Microsoft
Internet Explorer security's maximum security options while browsing the
World Wide Web, some types of hyperlinks in your online documentation will
not work.
Allowing Microsoft Internet Explorer to download an ActiveX control and
then automatically executing the downloaded code is a legitimate security
concern. However, you can protect against this problem and still use the
online documentation included with MSDN and Visual Studio. To do so,
complete the following steps.
1. On the View menu in Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Options.
2. Click Security.
3. Make the following changes under "Active Content:"
a. Clear the "Allow downloading of active content" check box.
(This option ensures that no unknown active content will be downloaded
from a World Wide Web site.)
b. Select the "Enable ActiveX controls and plug-ins" check box.
(This option enables local ActiveX controls, such as those supplied with
MSDN and InfoViewer, to execute.)
c. Select the "Run ActiveX scripts" check box.
(This option allows local ActiveX scripts to execute.)
4. Click OK.
5. Restart Visual Studio.
Special Instructions for Visual C++ for Microsoft Windows CE
Customers of Visual C++ for Windows CE may experience problems with the
Visual Studio family of products. If you want to install any part of the
Visual Studio Service Pack, please uninstall Visual C++ for Windows CE
first. If you encounter any problems using Visual C++ for Windows CE with
Visual Studio, please call Visual C++ for Windows CE product support. If
further information becomes available, it will be posted on the web site
for Visual Studio 97 Service Packs (http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/)
and in the Knowledge Base (available on the web at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/).
Updating Visual C++ .map Files
Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 updates the following .map files if you
installed them in your system or system32 directory with Visual C++ 5.0.
If you installed these .map files to a different location, used some
derivative of these files, or used the .map files directly from the Visual
C++ 5.0 compact disc, you will need to update these files manually or
reference them directly from the Service Pack 2 compact disc. You can find
the Service Pack 2 updates to these files in the \all\vc\debug directory on
the Visual Studio Service 97 Pack 2 compact disc:
Mfc42.map
Mfc42d.map
Mfc42u.map
Mfc42ud.map
Mfcd42d.map
Mfcn42d.map
Mfcn42ud.map
Mfco42d.map
Mfco42ud.map
Microsoft Transaction Server Updates
This Service Pack does not include any updates to the Microsoft Transaction
Server. To gain access to the Microsoft Transaction Server service packs
released since it shipped with the Enterprise Editions of Visual Studio 97,
Visual Basic 5.0, and Visual C++ 5.0, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/support/transaction/. This site contains pointers
to Microsoft Transaction Server 1.1 for x86, Service Pack 2 for Digital
Alpha, and the Microsoft Transaction Server SDK beta.
InstallShield Express for Japanese Visual C++ 5.0
The additional files required for the custom edition of InstallShield
Express that is included with the Japanese release of Visual C++ 5.0 are
now available. Please refer to \jpn\IShield\readme.txt for details.
Finding More Information on Issues Resolved with This Service Pack
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The Microsoft Knowledge Base contains articles that provide more in-depth
information about the Visual Studio issues that are fixed in this Service
Pack. To locate these articles, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/
and follow the instructions below to build a query.
To build a Visual Studio Service Pack query:
1. Choose a product. (In this case, click "Any Products.")
2. Specify the type of search. This should be set to "Search the article
text."
3. Enter the following as your search phrase:
VS97FixlistSP2
4. Click "Begin Search."
Knowledge Base articles that contain VS97FixlistSP2 but do not contain
VS97FixlistSP1 describe fixes that were added in Service Pack 2. Because
Service Pack 2 includes all of the fixes in Service Pack 1, all of the
articles describing the fixes in Service Pack 1 will contain both keywords
VS97FixlistSP1 and VS97FixlistSP2. To find just those new items that were
fixed in Service Pack 2, search for:
VS97FixlistSP2 and not VS97FixlistSP1
For a file containing all of the text from all of the Knowledge Base
articles, look on the web site for Visual Studio 97 Service Packs:
http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/.
InfoViewer KB Articles
Service Pack 1 fixes some problems with saving samples to directories that
contain high-ASCII characters in the path.
Q168264 Copying Samples to a Dir with High ASCII Stops File I/O
Q168265 Error "Microsoft Jscript error" After Copying Sample
Service Pack 2 fixes a bug preventing the download of samples with certain
versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. It also fixes a search results-
related performance problem in which Developer Studio sometimes uses 100
percent of idle time. The Service Pack fixes a bug that causes repeated
"Merging keywords" for anyone who does not have administrator privileges in
Windows NT. It fixes a limitation on the total number of
InfoViewer titles.
Q171844 InfoViewer Cannot Download Samples if IE4.0 is Installed
Q171845 Results List Uses 100% of CPU on Idle
Q171846 Limit on the Total Number of InfoViewer Titles
Q171847 Merging Keywords for Search Requires Admin Privileges
Visual Basic 5.0 KB Articles
For a more thorough discussion of Visual Basic 5.0 fixes in Service Pack 2,
go to the end of this file where the Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 Readme
is appended.
The Service Packs address problems in dbgrid32.ocx, msrdc20.ocx, and
msrdo20.dll related to data-binding and other issues. Also included are
fixes for the incompatibility problems with comctl32.ocx. There is also an
update to the Visual Basic 5.0 Setup Kit and some of the .cab files for the
ActiveX component download. These .cab files are not installed by the
Visual Studio Service Pack but are included on the Service Pack compact
disc.
Q167122 FindItem Method of ListView Incorrectly Returns an Error
Q167123 COMCTL32.OCX Is Binary Incompatible with Previous Version
Q167947 ODBC CAB File Does Not Install 16-bit ODBC Files
Q167948 Internet Component Download Fails After Using Setup Toolkit
Q167950 DAO Internet Component Download Fails to Install
Q167951 AUTMGR32.EXE Fails After Component Download
Q168153 DBGrid Bound to RDC Displays a Single Row After MoveLast
Q168155 Crash When Resizing Column of Split DBGrid
Q168156 DBGrid Bound to RDC Displays Small ResultSets Incorrectly
Q168157 Problems Binding Multiple Controls to RDC 2.0
Q168158 Can't Close Resultset if DBGrid Bound to RDC
Q168159 DBCombo Updates Incorrectly When Using RDC Bound ListSource
Q168160 Error on Update After AddNew With RDC and Bound Controls
Q168161 Distributed Transaction Fails On Subsequent Runs
Q168162 RDO Move 0 Fails to Refresh Record
Q168163 Memory Leak When Calling UserConnection Query Event
Q169302 Get_Item() Does Not Return Error When Property Not Found
Q169303 Get_Item() Doesn't Find Property Defined on Ancestor Iface
Q169304 Errors Occur When Getting Property of VB Project: Crashes
Q169305 Repository Error after Halting Execution in Break-mode Edit
Q169306 ReComputeRepository GPFs if Passed Non-existent DB Name
Q169307 RepUtil:CompactJetRepository Doesn't Work with DSN Name
Q169308 CompactJetRepository Only Recognizes Lowercase Jet db Names
Q169309 Adding ActiveX Designer/Userconnection Results in Shutdown
Q169331 RecomputeRepos: Won't Work with Database Created by UML.DLL
Q169332 Changing Obj Name Before Saving Results in Repository Error
Q169333 Engine: Collection Not Updated After Removing an Item
Q169334 IRepos::Get_Name() Returns Error if Called on a Property
Q169335 CDatabase::InsRelshipRow Does Not Release Collection Obj
Q169336 Engine Item Method Takes Parameter Type of IntID
Q169337 Unable To Remove a Relationship from Collection with OBJID
Q169339 RepUtil.DLL Doesn't Contain Version or Copyright Information
Service Pack 2 fixes:
Q166908 ScaleMode for Printer Object Can't Create Custom Scale
Q167107 Missing Controls on the SSTAB Control Tabs
Q167165 Too Many Controls on a Form May Crash Visual Basic IDE
Q167213 Invalid Page Fault When Shutting Down Visual Basic 5.0
Q167346 GPF Occurs When Starting Visual Basic 5.0
Q167706 Internet Transfer Control 5.0 "POST" Request Doesn't Work
Q167735 Setting Printer to Item in the Printers Collection Fails
Q168290 GPF When Setting Font of Multi-selected Controls
Q168744 Printer May Lose Font Attributes
Q168766 Internet Transfer Control Fails on Case-Sensitive Server
Q168792 Statusbar Time Panel May Not Update Properly
Q171470 Resize Event Not Fired When UserControl Copied and Pasted
Q171471 VB-Created Controls Fail to Print with UserControl_Paint
Q171472 Toggling PortOpen w/MSCOMM32.OCX Leaks Memory on Win95
Q171473 MCI32.OCX Does Not Save Recorded .WAV Files
Q171474 Path Problems Using Project on Network Server
Q171475 RichTextBox Cleared When BorderStyle Changes at Run-Time
Q171476 Masked Edit Control Right-Aligned with NT 4.0 SP3
Q171477 Format Menu Options Can Crash Visual Basic 5.0
Q171478 Cannot Set Width/Height of UserControl in Resize Event
Q171479 Mod 0 Causes an IPF or Access Violation
Q171480 Setting SelAlignment Property Does Not Affect RichTextBox
Q171481 Cannot Set the Enabled Property of an UpDown Control
Q171482 Crash When Enum Name Referred to Incorrectly
Q171483 Crash When Rebuilding EXE Containing UserControl
Q171484 Code Module Window Displayed Transparently in SDI
Q171485 Visual Basic 5.0 Title Bar Paints Incorrectly
Q171486 Crash Sometimes Occurs with Cursor over Toolbox
Q171487 Crash When Assigning Uninitialized Object to Tag
Q171488 Val Function Recognizes System Decimal Symbol
Q171489 Use of Implements and Public Constants Crashes Compiler
Q171490 Crash After Toggling Folders in ActiveX EXE Project
Q171491 Mouse Button Value Is Always 4 in MouseUp Event of SSTab
Q171492 ActiveX Control Incorrectly Reports ScaleWidth/ScaleHeight
Q171493 Viewing Property Pages and Exiting Causes Memory Leak
Q171494 MouseUp Event Not Triggered in DblClick w/Comctl32
Q171495 Get Statement Not Working Correctly with Large UDT
Q171496 Bad Filename or Number with Get of UDT
Q171497 ListView in PictureBox on Tabbed Dialog Disappears
Q171498 Screen Turns Black When Compiling
Q171499 IDE Doesn't Show Topics of OCX Help Files Correctly
Q171500 ATL Controls Without IPropertyNotifySink Cause IPF in VB5
Q171501 User Control Moves When Width/Height Is Set in Container
Q171502 Crash with Watch on UserControl When Stop is Encountered
Q171504 Problems Setting PropertyPage Caption Property
Q171505 VB5 IDE Disappears or IPFs When "End" Button Is Pressed
Q171506 OLE Drag/Drop of ListView Control Fails
Q171507 VB GPFs When Selecting Align/Lefts from the Format Menu
Q171508 Add-ins May Cause Menu Corruption When Exiting Visual Basic
Q171509 Access Violation on NT4.0 on Multi-line Textbox
Q171510 Setting Font Property Causes Error 438 with RichTextBox
Q171511 Controls in Frame/PictureBox Do Not Repaint in Design Mode
Q171512 UserControls on Property Pages Do Not Trigger Focus Events
Q171513 Cannot Drag a Nested UserControl with Automatic DragMode
Q171514 Visual Basic 5.0 Crashes When Shutting Down Forms
Q171515 Crash on Customization of Design Environment Menus
Q171516 ActiveX Document DLL Causes GPF When Unloading Modal Form
Q171517 Animation Control Prints Incorrectly at Design-Time
Q171518 Controls May Not Print When Printing Form at Design Time
Q171519 Removing Function Causes Binary Compatibility Error
Q171520 Unable to Set Binary Compatibility with Class Module
Q171521 Non-Creatable Class Causes Loss of Binary Compatibility
Q171522 Enums in Public Procedures Cause Binary Compatibility Error
Q171523 Reference to Missing Member in Enum Definition Causes Crash
Q171524 Ambiguous Names Generate Incorrect Error Message
Q171525 ListView Causes IPF When Accessing ColumnHeaders Property
Q171526 Setting Enabled=False for TreeView Causes Paint Problems
Q171527 Causing a ListView Control to Paint Causes an IPF
Q171528 Using "Unload Me" in a Listbox Causes Crash
Q171529 Can't Open a Project Group from the Root Directory
Q171530 Crash on Data Tip After Enum Name Changed
Q171531 IPF When Changing Project Name With Binary Compatibility
Q171532 Crash Stepping Thru Code After Using Locals/Watch Window
Q171533 ActiveX EXE Crashes VB5 When Set to Binary Compatibility
Q171575 RISC: CByte Doesn't Fail on Negative Values on Native Exe
Q171576 RISC: AddressOf Doesn't Behave Properly in IDE/PCode Exe
Q171577 Using Set for ListItem's SubItem Results in GPF
Q171795 RDC Error Calling UpdateRow After Resultset.AddNew
Q171796 Problems When Running Asynchronous Queries with RDO 2.0
Q171797 VB5 DBCombo May Display Wrong Column for RDC 1.0
Q171798 DBCombo Click Event Fires During Form Load
Q171799 RDO May Incorrectly Handle Locking Conflicts in Transaction
Q171800 Unexpected Shutdown When Using Bound Controls
Q171801 Bound Controls Built in VB5 Do Not Work in VB4 IDE
Q171802 Problems Updating Using DBCombo When ListField = DataField
Q171803 Problems Retrieving VB 5.0 Projects from Visual SourceSafe
Q171804 Change Event Not Fired When Selecting an Item in DBCombo
Q171805 Problems Binding Controls To Nonexistent Data Control
Q171806 Memory Leak When RDC Bound to OLE Container Control
Q171807 Selected Tab Changes After Removing Tab in Tabstrip
Q171808 MDI Child Form Does Not Become Active
Q171809 Memory Leak When Setting the ForeColor of a VB5 Object
Q171810 Invoking the Visual Component Manager asserts in Exutil
Q171811 Cannot see relationship collection on an interface with Tab
Q171812 Run-Time Error When DataObject Passed As Object
Q171813 IPF in MSO97RT.DLL When Starting Visual Basic
Q171814 System Menu Appears When MouseDown Event Invokes a Drag
Q171815 Printer.TextWidth Returning Inconsistent Results in IDE
Q171816 IPF Opening or Saving Form with Tab Cont
Q171817 UserControl Cannot Read ContainedControls in Visual FoxPro
Q171818 IDE Crashes When Repeatedly Placing a Control on a Form
Q171819 Invalid Enum Value Causes Incompatible Binary Compatible
Q171820 ListView ListItems Don't Refresh When ColumnHeaders Cleared
Q171821 Memory Leak When Repeatedly Changing Toolbar Button Width
Q171822 Adding a Routine to UserControl in Break Mode Causes Crash
Q171823 Application Error When Using Implements on Hyperlink Object
Q171824 Crash in INET Control Downloading Page Multiple Times
Q171825 Tabbing Problems Using ActiveX Document in a Frame
Q171826 Tabbing Problems with Controls Contained with Controls
Q171827 Printing userdrawn usercontrol in IE Doesn't Work
Q171828 Using OpenURL Doesn't Download Complete Files
Q171829 GetChunk Freezes Unless Other Events Happening
Q171830 ActiveX Document Menu Changing Places
Q171831 IObjectSafety Implemented in Toolbar and CmDialog Controls
Q171832 Statement Builder Can Cause the Object Browser to Crash
Q171833 Statement Builder Crashes Referencing GlobalMultiUse Server
Q171834 Crash When UserControl Accesses Members of ParentControls
Q171835 Crash When Viewing Data Tips on ParamArray
Q171836 Crash When Viewing API Properties in Object Browser
Q171837 Run-time Error 6 "Overflow When Compiled to Native Code"
Q171838 Crash Compiling Native Code for Assignment of Variant Array
Q171839 Crash When Compiling a Call to a UserControl Function
Q171840 Corrupt Project Error Opening One Project After Another
Q171841 Dragging Multiple Controls on a Form May Cause Crash
Q171842 GetSetting Function Is Leaking Handles
Q171843 Winsock Control Leaks Memory When Unloaded
Visual C++ KB Articles
Service Pack 1 addresses the following issues.
Q165792 MSDEV.EXE Application Error When Building an Application
Q166282 C2440 Caused by Template Function with Const Pointer
Q166285 MSDEV Crashes When Converting VC++ 4.0 Projects
Q166718 C1001 from Conditional Operator in Initializer
Q167423 CRecordset Members Not in "Add Member Variable" Dialog Box
Q167845 Class Wizard Deletes Source Files
Q167994 Cvpack INTERNAL ERROR When Linking Large Projects
Q168007 Remote Debugging Very Slow in Visual C++ Version 5.0
The fixes for the Active Template Library (ATL) shown below address the
most commonly reported issues: MBCS compatibility, container compatibility
issues, and internal coding errors in ATL.
Q167340 ATL Control Causes Access Violation in Visual Basic 5.0
Q167526 ATL Control May Cause An Access Violation
Q167949 OnWindowMessage Returns BOOL for HRESULT
The compiler fixes shown below address the most commonly reported COM
issues. These issues include: support for VB-created controls, internal
coding issues in the COM headers, and problems related to smart pointers
and reference counting.
Additionally, there are fixes for templates that contain improper
propagation of the "const" qualifier, and fixes for a problem of forcing
instantiation of all template member functions regardless of whether they
were actually used.
There were also reported problems with either floating point optimizations,
the global optimizer (/Og) or both. All these reported issues have been
addressed in this Service Pack.
Q151491 copy() Member of bstrt in COMUTL.H Doesn't Copy
Q151499 Compiler Performs Illegal Sign Conversion Optimization
Q151500 /Og Causes vfptr Initialization Problems
Q166721 C2784 On < Operator When Instantiating an ATL Container
Q167967 /Og Increments the Index of a Loop Too Soon.
Q167995 Calling a Function Returning double May Not pop FPU Stack
Q167996 /Og Causes Invalid Double Result Returned from Function
Q168003 Function Prototypes in comutil.h Missing Calling Convention
Q168008 C2166: Incorrect Type Deduction for Template Parameter
Q168009 Smartptr Property in Interface Causes C2512 Error
Q168010 /Od May Generate Destructor for Unconstructed Temp Object
Q168011 C1001, file 'fppeeps.c', line 394, Caused By /Og
Q168012 Incorrect Code Generated When Using Floating-Point and /Og
Q168028 C2955: Caused By the "using" Declaration
Q168029 Global Optimizations (/Og) May Cause the Compiler to Hang
Q168079 _com_ptr_t::operator=(const _variant_t&) AddRefs Twice
Q168111 #import Does Not Compensate for Gaps in vtable
Listed below is a Linker fix that corrects a reported problem that ICF
(Identical COMDAT Folding) was causing severe build-time losses. The fix
also removes limits being imposed on the size of an executable and raises
the maximum size of the .ilk file used by the linker to 64 MB.
Q151501 Linking Large Projects Can Be Very Slow
The fixes for the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) listed below deal with
the most commonly reported issues that prevent binary compatibility with
MFC 4.2 (shipped with Visual C++ 4.2). These issues include unintended
dependencies on the latest comctl32.dll, the 3.0 version of odbc32.dll,
threading issues, and internal coding errors in MFC.
Q164813 Web Browser Control Hangs in CFormView
Q167423 CRecordset Members Not in "Add Member Variable" Dialog Box
Q167650 Problems with ToolTips on Windows 95
Q167692 Assertion Line 257 in File DlgProp.cpp
Q167693 MFC Application Hangs on Multiprocessor Machine
Q167731 Access Violation When Connecting in MFC ODBC Application
Q168004 "Unable to Initialize DAO/Jet db Engine" Error
Q169484 CString::MakeUpper and MakeLower Don't Work with Some Char
Service Pack 2 fixes some debugger issues. The debugger now evaluates
compiler-generated strings longer than 128 characters (this usually takes
place when you are debugging templates, such as STL) without encountering
an access violation. Also, the debugger now starts smoothly in
configurations that have Visual Test and Visual C++ integrated.
Q171848 Source Control Info Not Preserved During Project Conversion
Q171849 Debugger Hangs When Very Long STL Symbol in Watch Window
Visual Database Tools KB Articles
Q168295 Updating Single Row Replaces Data in All Rows of a Cursor
Visual FoxPro KB Articles
Service Pack 2 fixes the access violation error problem when running a form
with a grid repeatedly under Windows NT 4.0. OLE automation with Word 97
issues have been addressed. Some of the report printing and preview
problems under Windows NT also have been fixed.
Q156322 RETURN TO Procedurename Command Doesn't Work in Forms
Q156788 Report Print Preview Illegible Under Windows NT
Q168277 Access Violation Running Form With Grid Repeatedly on NT 4
Q168523 Report Fails When Printing Under Windows NT 4.0
Q169565 Type Mismatch Using OLE Automation to Word 97
Service Pack 2 fixes the Anomaly Tracking System (ATS) so that it does not
display the 'Option under construction' message when action items are
selected.
Q168193 'Option under construction' Message Appears in ATS
Visual InterDev KB Articles
Service Pack 1 fixes various wizard problems. The Service Pack also fixes a
bug that destroys data in situations when FrontPage editor, which comes
with Visual InterDev, is used.
Q165834 Can't Set Permissions Back to Root Web Permissions
Q167267 New Devisws.pkg for 0-Byte File Save Problem
Q167836 DataForm Wizard Not Sizing Column Width Properly For DBCS
Q167846 Reserved Error When Running DataForm Wizard Against Access
Q168269 MSWC BrowserType Control Does Not Recognize IE 3.02
Q168270 Update Error When Updating Sybase Table From ASP
Q168271 Sybase Cursor Can't Scroll Back in DF Wizard Created Form
Q168272 GPF When Refreshing a Project Containing Sybase Connection
Q168273 Invalid Operation When Deleting the End Sybase Record
Q168274 GPF When Selecting .ALX Files in Template Wizard
Q168275 Corrupted Dialog Titles in Japanese Version
Q168296 GPF When Expanding Links in Japanese Version of VI
Q168297 Data Connection Icons Not Displayed for global.asa
Visual J++ KB Articles
Service Pack 1 contains fixes that will enable customers to debug Java
applets running on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (but not on Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.0 Preview Release 1). If you are running Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.0 Preview Release 1, you should upgrade to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.0 Preview Release 2, which is available now on the web
site http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40. For multi-processor machines,
Service Pack 1 fixes a scenario that resulted in a fault. It also fixes an
isolated case in which ClassView did not display any information.
Q167719 JavaTLB gives an Internal Compiler Error With VBCCE Control
Q167720 Saving Java File on Multi-Processor Machine Crashes MSDEV
Q167828 Cannot Access the ClassView Information File Error
Q167998 Cannot Debug Visual J++ Programs on IE 4.0 Pre-Release
See Visual C++ KB Articles for Service Pack 2 fixes that may affect Visual
J++ users.
Visual SourceSafe KB Articles
Service Pack 1 contains five fixes for Visual SourceSafe: the deployment of
files placed in the parent directory to a UNIX Server; movement of random
characters to the end of the file after SourceSafe editor is used;
incomplete check in of files in Visual Basic or Visual C++ when keyword
expansion is enabled; corruption of Rights.dat after adding rights by
project; and slowdown of analyze and appearance of hanging on large
databases.
Q165776 Admin Cannot See Files With Project Security Enabled
Q166469 Multiple Check In Fails with Keyword Expansion
Q167273 VSS Editor/Viewer Removing or Replacing Characters
Q167274 Analyze May Hang or Crash When Running on Large Databases
Q167737 Deploy to a Unix Server Via FTP Fails
Service Pack 2 contains Visual SourceSafe fixes for a memory leak in the
Visual Studio integration, and an access violation in Analyze, a developer
tools integration issue where files like Status.dat are needlessly kept
open.
Q171534 Source Code Control Integration Holds .dat Files Open
Q171535 ANALYZE Crashes When No Log Entries Found in Log File
NOTE: the original and incorrect title to Q171535 was: "ANALYZE Application
Error When Directory Not Found".
Welcome to Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2
------------------------------------------
Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 is an update to Visual Basic Version 5.0
Professional and Enterprise editions. It enables apartment-model threading
for Visual Basic projects that contain user interface elements, such as
forms and controls.
Documentation
The apartment-model threading enhancement in Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack
2 is explained in vb5sp2.htm (vb5sp2.wri on some systems). This file
contains information supplementing the Books Online documentation you
received as part of your licensed copy of Visual Basic.
Bug Fixes
The Microsoft Visual Basic team closely monitored feedback from programmers
after Visual Basic 5.0 shipped. Every effort was made to reproduce and fix
the most serious and commonly reported problems. Visual Basic 5.0 Service
Pack 2 fixes problems with the development environment, the Printer object,
the Internet Transfer control, and many of the other controls and libraries
that ship with Visual Basic 5.0. The Visual Basic team made every effort to
ensure backward compatibility with shared components.
Development environment: Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 resolves several
stability problems in the development environment, including crashes that
sometimes occurred when moving the mouse cursor over the toolbox, when
setting the Font properties of multiple controls, and when using the Format
menu options to align controls.
Printer object: Setting the Printer object to an item in the Printers
collection will now switch the default printer. You can now set a user-
defined scale mode for the Printer object by changing the ScaleWidth and
ScaleHeight properties. Font attributes are no longer lost when calling the
NewPage method.
Internet Transfer control: POST now works. Problems with missing or garbled
data have been fixed. The control no longer converts file names to upper
case when sending out a request, thus eliminating reported problems
accessing case-sensitive servers.
For a complete list of bug fixes included in Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack
2, search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/ for articles containing the keyword
VB5FixlistSP2.
Dependency List
Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 includes a new master dependency file
(vb5dep.ini), which is installed in the Setupkit directory. The existing
dependency file is renamed ~vb5dep.sp2.
Removing Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 and Restoring Visual Basic 5.0
Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 modifies Visual Basic 5.0 by replacing some
files and updating system information. To remove SP2, you must open the
Control Panel and use the Add/Remove Software tool to remove Visual Basic
5.0 from your system. Manually delete any remaining SP2 files before
reinstalling Visual Basic 5.0. (For a complete list of files included with
SP2, see the SP2 documentation file - vb5sp2.htm or vb5sp2.wri.) For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and WhyThe equivalent of this article for the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1 is:
Q170367 HOWTO: Determine VS97 Service Pack Updates in a Product
Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
Q175869 INFO: Troubleshooting the Visual Studio Service Pack 2 Download
Q170366 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1 Readme
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Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,5.0,5.0a; WINDOWS NT:5.0,97sp2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo Last Reviewed: April 16, 1999