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Q170515: FIX: RTTI and Incremental Link Options Incorrectly Disabled

Article: Q170515
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbide kbVC kbVC500bug kbVC600fix kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 5.0, on platform(s):
   - the hardware: DEC Alpha 
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SYMPTOMS
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The following project-setting check boxes are incorrectly disabled in Developer
Studio and prevent the respective build options from being specified to the
compiler and linker:

 Project|Settings|C++|Category:C++ Language|Enable Run-Time Type
 Information
 Project|Settings|Link|Category:General|Link Incrementally

In addition, you can not enter the options manually in the Project Options edit
box at the bottom of the Settings dialog box.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, manually specify the switches in the Project
Options window immediately followed by a pair of empty quotation marks. For
example:

  /GR""
  /INCREMENTAL:YES""

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 problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++,
version 6.0.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtool kbide kbVC kbVC500bug kbVC600fix kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC32bitSearch
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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