FIX: C0000005 Fatal Error In Editor Selecting Text Then Up Arrow (221621)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q221621

SYMPTOMS

You are editing a program in the Visual FoxPro editor. You work in the editor for an extended period of time without saving the file. You then select some text with SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW, copy the text into the clipboard using CTRL+C, then press the UP ARROW.

You may see an error similar to the following running on Windows NT:

VFP.EXE application error. The instruction at 0x006dc198 referenced
memory at 0x01dc5000. The memory could not be read.

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

MORE INFORMATION

Precise steps to reproduce this are not available, as this behavior is extremely difficult to reproduce. It is not known whether this occurs on Windows 95 or Windows 98. It may also occur with steps similar to those listed in the SYMPTOMS section of this article.

REFERENCES

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/15/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbVS600sp3fix kbXBase KB221621