FIX: VB5 IDE Disappears or IPFs When "End" Button Is Pressed
Article ID: 171505
Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q171505
SYMPTOMS
While running in debug mode, Visual Basic may disappear or generate an
Illegal Page Fault (IPF) error message when the "End" Toolbar item is
pressed.
CAUSE
Visual Basic encounters an unhandled exception and terminates.
RESOLUTION
Upgrade to Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Avoid stopping program execution inside events.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio
97 Service Pack 2.
For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170365
: INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual
Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
171554
: INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
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