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FIX: IDE Crashes Undoing Sizing in Dialog Editor

Article ID: 153425

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2003

The Dialog Editor, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q153425

SYMPTOMS

The IDE crashes without warning or error when you try to undo the sizing of the controls inside the Dialog Editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Start MSDEV, and create a new default AppWizard MDI application.
Open up the About dialog resource.
Select all controls.
Select Layout: Size_To_Content (F7).
Press CTRL+Z to undo the sizing.
The IDE will quit.

Additional query words: dialog editor size

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