BUG: VJ 6.0 Crashes When Using IE4 ActiveX Control IELabel.ocx

ID: Q196877

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you save a form on a Windows application project in Visual J++ version 6.0, Visual J++ crashes with the following error if it contains the Label Object ActiveX control:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

DEVENV.exe

Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address: 0x77f64b53"


RESOLUTION

Do not use this ActiveX control with Visual J++ version 6.0.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This control, which can be found in the file IELabel.ocx, ships with Internet Explorer 4.0 and has a bug that crashes Visual J++ version 6.0.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a Windows application in Visual J++ 6.0, and open the form in Design View.


  2. Right-click on the Toolbox, and click Customize Toolbox.


  3. Click the ActiveX Controls tab.


  4. Select the Label Object check box (which has the path C:\WINNT\System32\IELabel.ocx), and click OK. Now you will see the Label control on your Toolbox window.


  5. Drag the Label control to the project form.


  6. Save the form.


RESULT: Visual J++ 6.0 crashes with the error in the SYMPTOMS section of this article.


REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, please see the following pages on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualj/

http://support.microsoft.com/support/java/

© Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Adele Hunter, Microsoft Corporation

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Keywords          : kbole kbIE400 kbVJ600bug kbInetDev 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: March 17, 1999