DOCUMENT:Q100776 28-JUL-2001 [visualc] TITLE :PRB: Using Windows NT PDK Header Files in Visual C++ PRODUCT :Microsoft C Compiler PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbGenInfo kbVC kbVC100 kbVC200 kbVC400 kbVC500 kbDSupport kbArtTypeINF ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual C++, versions 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== An attempt to use the header files provided with the Microsoft Windows NT Pre-Release Development Kit (PDK) in Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, can cause problems ranging from incorrect results to General Protection Faults(GPF). CAUSE ===== Several data structures changed between the Windows NT Pre-Release and the code that Visual C++, 32-bit Edition supports. Most of the changes converted data from type short to type int or from type unsigned short to type unsigned int. Code developed with the PDK header files passes incorrectly sized items to the functions in the C run-time library. RESOLUTION ========== Verify that the version of the header files used to build your application match the version of the library. MORE INFORMATION ================ To determine which directories are in the compiler search path for files and libraries, type "SET" (without quotation marks) at the Windows NT system prompt or choose the System icon in Control Panel. Additional query words: 1.00 2.00 gpfault 4.00 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbGenInfo kbVC kbVC100 kbVC200 kbVC400 kbVC500 kbDSupport kbArtTypeINF Technology : kbVCsearch kbVC400 kbAudDeveloper kbvc100 kbVC500 kbVC200 kbVC32bitSearch kbVC500Search Version : winnt:1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= 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.