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Q139456: FIX: LNK1201 Error Writing to .PDB File After Line Profile

Article: Q139456
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbide kbVC kbVC400bug kbVC410fix kbGrpDSTools
Last Modified: 03-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition, version 6.0 
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The information in this article is included in the documentation starting
with Visual C++ 5.0. Look there for future revisions.

SYMPTOMS
========

Attempting to build or rebuild a project after performing a line coverage
profile by clicking Profile on the Tools menu results in this error message:

  LNK1201: error writing to program database
  "c:\MSDEV\Projects\yourapp\Debug\yourapp.pdb"; check for insufficient disk
  space

CAUSE
=====

Developer Studio does not close the project's program database file (.pdb file)
after doing a line profile. Upon attempting to rebuild the project, the linker
cannot write to the project's .pdb file, which causes the LNK1201 error.

RESOLUTION
==========

To work around this problem:

- Exit Developer Studio. Then restart Developer Studio, and reload your
  project.

-or-

- Use a batch file to line profile your application. Specifying the Lcover.bat
  file in the Custom Settings of the Profile dialog box will perform the same
  profile as specifying line coverage. Any profiling batch file may be called
  in this way, allowing Lcover.bat to be customized to fit your particular
  needs. For more information on using a batch file to profile your
  application, please see the following topics in the Help file:

  Visual C++ Books\Visual C++ User's Guide\Profiling Code\Other Profiler
  Features\Running a Custom Batch File

  Visual C++ Books\Visual C++ User's Guide\Profiler Reference\ Profiler Batch
  Processing

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ 4.1.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbide kbVC kbVC400bug kbVC410fix kbGrpDSTools 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC600 kbVC32bitSearch
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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