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Q157893: FIX: Closing an ActiveX Control Project Crashes DevStudio

Article: Q157893
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 4.20
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbole kbCtrl _IK920 kbVC kbVC420bug kbGrpDSToolskbbuglist kbfixlist
Last Modified: 04-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
   - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 4.2 
   - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 4.2 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When opening or closing a project in Developer Studio, you may see an access
violation with the following error message:

  

  [ASCII 147]MSDEV CAUSED AN INVALID PAGE FAULT IN MODULE
    MSVCRES.DLL at   0137:503126ba.[ASCII 148]

This behavior occurs if the Properties window for a ControlWizard- generated
ActiveX Control is invoked in the dialog editor.

CAUSE
=====

This is due to a bug in the MFC 4.2 libraries.

RESOLUTION
==========

To obtain this patch, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q156934 Visual C++ 4.2b Patch

The problem occurs because IOleObject::SetClientSite(NULL) does not release its
existing pointer to ambient property interface. For example,
COleControl::XOleObject::SetClientSite(NULL) doesn[ASCII 146]t call
pThis->m_ambientDispDriver.ReleaseDispatch();.

The problem was fixed by adding the following line to
COleControl::XOleObject::SetClientSite in the MFC source code:

     // Release existing pointer to ambient property dispinterface.
     pThis->m_ambientDispDriver.ReleaseDispatch();
     if (pClientSite != NULL)

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++ 4.2B patch.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Create a new ActiveX Control using Control Wizard, and then build the control
  to register it.

2. Create a new MFC Control Container application, and insert this OLE control
  into the About box.

3. Double-click on the control to bring up the Properties window. Click on any
  tab of the Properties window.

4. Close the project workspace, open a new project workspace, or close Developer
  Studio. Note that Developer Studio crashes with a page fault message.

If you have an existing project that has a Control Wizard-generated control built
with Visual C++ 4.2 in a dialog resource, click on the [ASCII 147]Control[ASCII
148] tab in the Properties window for the control, and then close the project,
open a new project, or close Developer Studio.

Additional query words: 4.20 vcfixlist420 kbdsi

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Keywords          : kbole kbCtrl _IK920 kbVC kbVC420bug kbGrpDSTools kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbMFC
Version           : 4.20
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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