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Q156076: BUG: WWWQuote Sample Generates Error Message

Article: Q156076
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): winnt:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbISAPI kbMFC kbVC kbVC420bug kbVC500fix kbMFC420bug kbGrpDSMFCATL
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), used with:
   - *EDITOR Please do not choose this product*Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition* use 241, 265, 225, version 4.2 
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SYMPTOMS
========

The WWWQuote sample reports the following error when trying to bring up a new
page from the Welcome page.

  BAD REQUEST
  Your client sent a request that this server didn't understand.
  Request:

CAUSE
=====

The HTML in the sample that is generated for the pages has a bug that prevents
the DLL from correctly parsing the input from these pages.

RESOLUTION
==========

Modify all the .htm files as shown below to fix the problem.

Replace all instances of

  NAME="MfcISAPICommmand"

with the following:

  NAME="MfcISAPICommand"

Note that the original .htm files have an extra [ASCII 147]m[ASCII 148] in
MfcISAPICommand. Rebuild the DLL.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This has been fixed in the WWWQuote sample that
shipped with Visual C++ version 5.0 or later.

MORE INFORMATION
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The files that contain the bug are:

  issueerr.htm
  next.htm
  prev.htm
  quoteerr.htm
  selhead.htm
  settail.htm
  welcome.htm

You can open these files by expanding the dependency files in Fileview for the
project, and double-clicking the .htm file.

Additional query words: WWWQuote

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Keywords          : kbISAPI kbMFC kbVC kbVC420bug kbVC500fix kbMFC420bug kbGrpDSMFCATL 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbMFC
Version           : winnt:
Issue type        : kbbug

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