FIX: GDI Resource Problem With Many Forms and Intrinsic Data Control (223075)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q223075

SYMPTOMS

Some users have found that projects containing large numbers of forms using the intrinsic (DAO) data control encounter GDI resource problems when running in Visual Basic 6.0. Projects that used to run successfully in Visual Basic 5.0 may run out of memory or generate a General Protection Fault in Visual Basic 6.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbCtrl kbVS600sp3fix KB223075
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