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Q83009: BUG: Common Dialog GP-Fault on ESC Key with Mouse Button Down

Article: Q83009
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly kbCmnDlg kbCmnDlgFileO kbCmnDlgSave kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310bug
Last Modified: 12-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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In an application that uses the File Open or Save As dialog box from the Common
Dialogs dynamic-link library (DLL), when the user opens a combo box with the
mouse, holds down the left mouse button, and then presses the ESC key to close
the dialog box, a GP-fault occurs.

RESOLUTION
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You can ignore the faults that result from calling GetOpenFileName() and
GetSaveFileName() without incident. There are as many as eight warnings before
control is returned to the application.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Common Dialogs DLL version 3.1.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly kbCmnDlg kbCmnDlgFileO kbCmnDlgSave kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310bug 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbbug

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