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PRB: Unexpected Error Occurs in Code Generator or Linker

Article ID: 193089

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q193089

SYMPTOMS

When compiling an upgraded Visual Basic 5.0 project in Visual Basic 6.0, you may received the following error message:

"Unexpected Error Occurred in Code Generator or Linker."

CAUSE

This is caused by the existence of a project.pdb (symbol) file in the directory into which you are compiling the project.

RESOLUTION

There are two possible resolutions to this issue:

Delete the existing .pdb file.

-or-
Compile the project (exe or dll) into a different directory.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create and compile a Visual Basic 5.0 project:

Create a Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.
Select Project Properties from the Project menu.
Select the Compile tab.
Select Compile to Native Code and check Create Symbolic Debug Info.
Save and compile the project.

Upgrade and compile in Visual Basic 6.0:

Open the Visual Basic 5.0 project with Visual Basic 6.0.
Compile the project and note that you receive the following error message:
Unexpected Error Occurred in Code Generator or Linker.

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