DOCUMENT:Q171509 11-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :FIX: Access Violation on NT4.0 or Windows 2000 on Multi-line Tex PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When stopping a debugging session for an application within the Visual Basic 5.0 IDE, you may receive the following message: "An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. VB5.EXE Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address: " This occurs if the application uses a UserControl that contains a TextBox control positioned within a container-like a Tab control. RESOLUTION ========== An alternative to upgrading to Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 is to use the RichTextBox control to provide multi-line 'TextBox' functionality (as described in Section 2 of the README.TXT file included on the Visual Basic 5.0 CD-ROM). STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2. For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q170365 : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q171554 : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Create a new ActiveX Control project. 2. Insert a Tab control on the UserControl. 3. Insert a Textbox control into the Tab control. 4. Set the Textbox control's Multi-line property to TRUE. 5. Close the UserControl's designer. 6. Click Add Project from the File menu. Select Standard EXE. 7. Insert an instance of your UserControl into Form1. 8. Run the Standard EXE application by pressing the F5 key. 9. Stop execution of the Standard EXE by clicking End from the Run menu. Result: An access violation occurs. Additional query words: multiline ====================================================================== Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbZNotKeyword3 Version : WINDOWS:5.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.