DOCUMENT:Q245124  28-JUL-2001  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FIX: Access Violation in Remote Automation Manager
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbAutomation kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Autmgr32.exe process may terminate with an Access Violation when large
numbers of connections are made concurrently (usually more than 140). The access
violation usually occurs at 0x0403C1F:

00403C1F  8B00             mov         eax,dword ptr [eax]

RESOLUTION
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This bug has been fixed in the Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual
Studio 6, Service Pack 4 version of the Autmgr32.exe file.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for
Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

   Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following
Microsoft Web site:

   Visual Studio Product Updates
   (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp)

Additional query words: sp4

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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