FIX: You may receive an access violation error message when you try to handle an "<xsl:message>" element exception (811584)

SYMPTOMS

While you apply an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) style sheet to transform an XML document, an <xsl:message> element exception may occur. After a random number of successful transformations, when you try to handle such an exception, you may receive an access violation error message that is similar to the following:

Unhandled exception at 0x69b2381a in Transform.exe: 0xC0000005:
Access violation reading location 0x00000020.

Note You receive this error message only when the following conditions are true:

You use the transform method of an XSLT processor to apply the XSLT style sheets.
You set the terminate attribute of the <xsl:message> element to yes.

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   16-Dec-2002  08:40  4.10.9408.0     1,230,848  Msxml4.dll

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft product updates, tools, and add-ons

For more information, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web sites:

<xsl:message> element
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/xsl_elm_gp_5xx0.asp

XSLT developer's guide
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/xsl_intro_7yw5.asp

IXSLProcessor
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/xml_obj_ixslprocessor_9j8y.asp

FIX: You may receive an access violation error message when you try to handle an "<xsl:message>" element exception (811584)

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RESOLUTION

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