FIX: Developer Studio Crashes Randomly When Navigating Workspace (174809)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 97
This article was previously published under Q174809

SYMPTOMS

Developer Studio crashes randomly while navigating in the Workspace's FileView or ClassView window and trying to activate different operations with right-mouse click, dragging objects, etc. The crash may also occur when using "Open Workspace" from the File menu to open a makefile. The crash is accompanied by an access violation dialog box. When debugged, the access violation usually points to the IsAlpha() function.

CAUSE

The cause of this access violation was due to uninitialized and invalid pointers.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3.

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/8/2003
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbVisID600fix kbVS600fix kbVS97sp3fix KB174809
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