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Q171803: FIX: Problems Retrieving VB 5.0 Projects from Visual SourceSafe

Article: Q171803
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVBDB kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 18-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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Retrieving a project from Visual SourceSafe into Visual Basic 5.0 may result in
one of the following errors:

  "Failed to reload project .... "

  -or-

  "Application error"

  -or-

  "The instruction at '0x0fa659de' referenced memory at '0x30303030'. The
  memory could not be read."

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 bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service
Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q170365 : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97
Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q171554 : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

Additional query words: kbDSupport

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Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVBDB kbvbp500sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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