FIX: Special Characters in Path May Prevent File Access (122932)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0

This article was previously published under Q122932

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Visual C++ fails to open files that have .BSC or .RC extensions when there are special characters (shown below) in the path. The editor will return to the main window without posting a warning or error.

CAUSE

The space character and the following characters cause this problem:

   $  %  @  #  !  ^  (  )  {  }  [  ]

All of these characters should work; they are all acceptable.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, avoid using any of the special characters listed above.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 4.0.

REFERENCES

For information about related problems with NMake, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

121018 BUG: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/16/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbide kbVC400fix KB122932