DOCUMENT:Q188588 13-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :VB5SP3DS.EXE Contains Visual Basic SP3 Debugging Symbols PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,97sp3 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbfile kbDebug kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVS97sp3 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Studio 97sp3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Microsoft has made available to the public debugging symbols to aid in the debugging of applications created with Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack Three (SP3) components. These symbols allow debugging tools such as Visual C++, Dr. Watson, NTSD/CDB, and WinDBG to obtain stack traces describing the functions within built components, such as MSVBVM50.DLL, that are being called when a crash occurs. These traces would aid developers and Microsoft support engineers in diagnosing the problems. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: Vb5sp3ds.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb50ent/Sample30/1/W9XNT4/EN-US/Vb5sp3ds.exe) For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. To install the debugging symbols, first extract them from VB5SP3DS.EXE. When VB5SP3DS.EXE is run, it will prompt you for a directory (default: C:\WINNT) in which to extract the files. At completion, the following directory tree will be created below the directory you have chosen: \SYMBOLS\dll 07/19/97 04:54p 1,340 vb5en.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 136,616 MSConDes.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 583,236 MSRDO20.dbg 07/19/97 04:54p 2,679,216 MSVBVM50.dbg 07/19/97 04:45p 168,292 VB5DB.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 38,696 MSCDRun.dbg 07/19/97 04:45p 1,672 vb5ide.dbg 10/01/97 11:48a 2,769,076 VBA5.dbg \SYMBOLS\exe 07/19/97 04:45p 3,453,180 VB5.dbg \SYMBOLS\ocx 07/19/97 04:59p 224,428 comct232.dbg 09/17/97 09:07p 298,884 DBList32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 146,792 ComDlg32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 713,896 ComCtl32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 216,072 mci32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 140,332 MSComm32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 281,260 msflxgrd.dbg 09/11/97 09:24p 161,384 msinet.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 176,916 msmapi32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 170,632 MSMask32.dbg 07/19/97 05:00p 143,064 mswinsck.dbg 07/19/97 05:00p 129,684 PicClp32.dbg 07/19/97 05:00p 256,740 RichTx32.dbg 07/19/97 05:00p 95,932 SysInfo.dbg 07/19/97 05:00p 298,772 tabctl32.dbg 07/19/97 04:59p 183,320 MSRDC20.dbg These .dbg files are for debugging Visual Studio SP3 components on Intel platforms only. Different debugging tools have different methods of locating debugging symbols. Usually, you can put a .dbg file in the same directory as the corresponding .exe, .dll, or .ocx file. For instance, MSVBVM50.DLL is in C:\Winnt\System32 directory; you can copy Msvbvm50.dbg to C:\Winnt\System32 and most debuggers will find it. Some debuggers are set up by default to find symbols in the Symbols directory if it exists below your system root directory (for example C:\WINNT\Symbols\). You should consult your debugger documentation for more information before installing the symbols. The .dbg files in VB5SP3DS.EXE contain symbols in the Common Object File Format (COFF). To use them with Visual C++ 5.0, you may need to copy SYMCVT.DLL from your Visual C++ CD-ROM to your Windows system (system32 for NT) directory. DRWTSN32.EXE shipped with NT understands COFF symbols without SYMCVT.DLL. 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