FIX: C0000005 Fatal Error With French Wizstyle Baseform Class (221733)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q221733

SYMPTOMS

When modifying the Baseform class of the French Wizstyle visual class library, the following error occurs:

Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

This error occurs if you use either the MODIFY CLASS command or the Visual FoxPro menus to open the baseform class.

CAUSE

The description for the wizard-added property WizBtnPos is greater than 252 bytes. Therefore, potentially any property that had a description this large could cause the same error.

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

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Set the default to the folder containing the French version of the Wizstyle.vcx file.
Modify the BaseForm class using either the MODIFY CLASS command or the menu options.

Before the Baseform class opens, the error mentioned in the SYMPTOMS section occurs and Visual FoxPro closes.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/15/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbOOP kbVS600sp3fix kbwizard KB221733