FIX: ActiveX EXE Crashes Visual Basic 5 When Set to Binary Compatibility
Article ID: 171533
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 Q171533
SYMPTOMS
When compiling an ActiveX EXE with Binary Compatibility, the following
error may occur:
"VB5 caused a stack fault in KERNEL32.DLL at 0137:bff7d01c"
CAUSE
Ambiguous names between an Enum and a Procedure are not handled properly by
the code that binds the Binary Compatible executable to the original. An
infinite loop causes the stack fault.
RESOLUTION
Install Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Alternately, ensure that no
Procedure shares a common name with an Enum to help avoid this error.
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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