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FIX: Msdev.exe Fails when Component Inserted into VC++ Project

Article ID: 156918

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2007

Microsoft Visual J++ 1.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q156918

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Developer Studio, Msdev.exe, fails when attempting to insert a component into a Visual C++ project that is loaded into a Visual J++ only installation.

WORKAROUND

Do not attempt to insert a component into a Visual C++ project loaded in a Visual J++ only installation of Developer Studio. You must first install Visual C++ before trying to work with any Visual C++ project.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual J++ 1.1.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open an existing Visual C++ project in a Visual J++ only installation
Click OK in the dialog box warning that you do not have the build tools for that platform type.
On the Insert menu, click Component.
Select and Insert a new OLE Control to your project.

REFERENCES

For the support information on Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, see the following pages on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/

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