DOCUMENT:Q318999 17-MAY-2002 [foxpro] TITLE :FIX: Fatal Exception Starting Object Browser with MSAA PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro PROD/VER::7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you use the Accessible Event Watcher from the Microsoft Active Accessibility Software Development Kit (SDK), and you start the Object Browser in Visual FoxPro 7.0, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005 @ 02/27/02 09:19:59 PM. Error log file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\vfp7err.log Called from - cobjectbrowserinterface.resize line 0 { } Called from - cobjectbrowserinterface.applysettings line 0 { } Called from - cobjectbrowserinterface.init line 0 { } Called from - objectbrowser line 0 { c:\program files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\objectbrowser.app} This may also occur with screen reader products that use Active Accessibility. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1. MORE INFORMATION ================ This can occur when you monitor the Value object property and OBJ_LOCATIONCHANGE event through Active Accessibility. Steps to Reproduce the Behavior ------------------------------- 1. Download the following files from Microsoft Active Accessibility 2.0 SDK Tools (http://www.msdn.Microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/785/msdncompositedoc.xml), and then save them in the same folder: - Accevent32.exe - Event32.dll 2. Start Visual FoxPro 7.0. Make sure that the Properties window is closed. 3. Run the Accessible Event Watcher (AccEvent32.exe) from the files that you downloaded. 4. On the Options menu in the Accessible Event Watcher, click Settings. 5. Click to select Display full event information for invisible/hidden windows. 6. In the Events list, click to select OBJ_LOCATIONCHANGE. Make sure that only OBJ_LOCATIONCHANGE is selected. 7. In the Object Properties list, click to select Value, and then click OK. 8. Return to Visual FoxPro 7.0. On the Tools menu, click Object Browser. Note that you receive the error message that is described in the "Symptoms" section. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700 Version : :7.0 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 2002.