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Q178230: INFO: Summary List: Visual C++ Version 4.2 Known Problems

Article: Q178230
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 4.2,4.2b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbList
Last Modified: 17-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, versions 4.2b, 4.2 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, versions 4.2b, 4.2 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the titles and Q numbers of those Microsoft Visual C++
Knowledge Base articles that describe bugs that exist in Visual C++ version
4.20. If the title of the article starts with "FIX:", then the bug was fixed in
a later release. Please see the STATUS section of the FIX article to determine
in which version the fix was incorporated.

MORE INFORMATION
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Buglist for Visual C++ 4.2
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Q88092 BUG: Cannot Access Static Data Members in Inline Assembly

Q67041 BUG: Structure Tags Visible Outside of Function Prototype Scope

Q177101 BUG: Modal Dialogs in MFC Regular DLL Cause ASSERT in AfxWndProc

Q173252 FIX: CArchive::GetObjectSchema Returns Incorrect Schema

Q173249 BUG: Print Preview Doesn't Honor Font Width Setting

Q173244 BUG: FindIndex Works Incorrectly When nIndex Is Negative

Q172400 PRB: Class Wizard Overridables Are Not Added to Converted Proj

Q171457 BUG: SENDTIME Sample Does Not Work

Q170979 FIX: Pragma Pack(pop) Missing from afxdocob.h Header File

Q170171 BUG: DUMPBIN Displays Cumulative Data for Multiple Arguments

Q167960 BUG: ESC/ENTER Keys Don't Work When Editing CTreeCtrl Labels

Q167848 PRB: Context Sensitive Help Problems in OLE Common Dialogs

Q167697 BUG: ActiveX Control in IE Asserts in CTLINPLC.CPP, Line 328

Q167348 BUG: Non-const Member Function Call Via const Object Allowed

Q167338 BUG: Format("%D") Fails for COleDateTime and COleDateTimeSpan

Q167170 BUG: GetWindowContextHelpId() returns 0 for ActiveX Controls

Q166817 FIX: Alpha MFC Regular DLL Fails After Porting from Intel

Q166505 DOC: FindNextFile Returns 0 for Last File Found

Q165746 DOC: Incomplete Documentation on CListCtrl::SetColumnWidth

Q164947 FIX: Nested Macros Cause Errors C2065 and C2064

Q164819 FIX: Problems Using Database Classes with Jet 3.0 under NT 4.0

Q164813 FIX: Web Browser Control Hangs in CFormView

Q164778 BUG: Loading Visual Test Project May Crash Developer Studio

Q164150 DOC: C4237 Online Help Contains Wrong Information on "bool"

Q164000 FIX: C1001 Compiler File MAIN.C Line 413

Q163364 FIX: Class-local typedef Causes C1001 in msc1.cpp, Line 1089

Q163253 BUG: "Out of Memory" Error When Saving to an Existing File

Q163252 BUG: Cannot Remove BS_PUSHLIKE in Resource Editor

Q162160 DOC: CFileDialog::DoModal Does Not Return 0

Q161874 FIX: Displaying CPropertySheet in COleControl Causes Assert

Q160074 FIX: SetFieldNull Asserts or Crashes When Called for Parameter

Q160073 FIX: RFX_Binary Updates Unchanged CByteArray Data

Q160017 FIX: Access Violation Using deque class

Q159956 FIX: Dirty Flag Not Cleared During Edit() or Update()

Q159576 FIX: Cannot Open Stored Procedure from Call Stack Context

Q158978 FIX: SQL Debugger Stops Working

Q158541 PRB: C2440 Error When Using CMap and User Defined Key Type

Q157903 FIX: Changes Lost When Changing Variable During Debugging

Q157876 FIX: SetFieldNull() Asserts in DBCORE.CPP Line 4055 or 4062

Q157517 BUG: Uninstalling DAO 3.0 SDK Prevents Help Files from Working

Q157125 FIX: Setup Does Not Copy Visigenic's VSDRVM32.DLL File

Q157071 BUG: GetFieldValue Returns Empty String for SQL_LONGVARCHAR

Q156257 FIX: SQL Server May Crash When sp_who2 Is Debugged

Q156190 FIX: LNK1170 Building Project's Makefile from Command Line

Q156143 FIX: Execute SQL Button Does Not Show Change to Stop Execute

Q156137 FIX: Cannot Set Breakpoint at EXECUTE Statement

Q156136 FIX: F1 Help Not Hooked to Some New Dialog Boxes

Q156135 FIX: CRecordset::m_lCurrentRecord Gives Inaccurate Values

Q156134 FIX: CLongBinary Causes "Invalid String or Buffer Length"

Q156133 BUG: Execute SQL Toolbar Button Not Disabled with Focus Change

Q156076 BUG: WWWQuote Sample Generates Error Message

Q156067 FIX: Setting Tooltip Text in OnToolHitTest Causes Assertion

Q156005 FIX: Incorrect Warning About Procedure/ Trigger Name Length

Q155880 DOC: README FIRST Card Has a Typo in Stored Procedure Name

Q155791 BUG: Some Intermediate Files not Deleted by FileView

Q155721 BUG: Access Violation in RFX_Date If CTime Not Initialized

Q155716 PRB: SQL Single-Stepping Does Not Display Errors as They Occur

Q155622 FIX: IDE Debugger Truncates Floating Point Numbers

Q155436 DOC: CImageList Returned from CreateDragImage Needs Delete

Q155386 FIX: C1001 in Compiler File MSC1.CPP at Line 1089

Q155370 BUG: Wizards May Display Invalid Table Names for CRecordset

Q155292 FIX: Destructor Not Called When DEBUG_NEW Is Defined

Q155211 FIX: C2373 on getwchar/putwchar When Using UNICODE & __stdcall

Q155160 FIX: Debugger Sees Only One Variable of Two with Same Name

Q155142 FIX: ClassWizard | Member Variables Loses Member Variables

Q155046 BUG: Member Function Referenced Without () Compiles


Q154895 FIX: CInternet::File ReadString() Loses Data

Q154648 FIX: Toolbars Broken in ENROLL Tutorial Samples

Q154591 FIX: Wrong Version of MSVCRT40.DLL(Forwarder DLL) in Windows 95

Q154482 FIX: Undocumented Functions in Type Safe Collection Classes

Q154466 PRB: Unable to Locate URLMON.DLL on Windows NT 3.51

Q154430 BUG: Visual C++ 4.2 DAO Breaks Certain Access95B Functions

Q154320 BUG: AfxOleInit Returns TRUE Without Initializing OLE in a DLL

Q154112 FIX: Classview Cannot Find Template Member Function Definition

Q154111 BUG: Access Violation Opening a Workspace of Type Makefile

Q153801 BUG: C2352 Error for Reference to Nested Class Member

Q153425 FIX: IDE Crashes Undoing Sizing in Dialog Editor

Q153398 FIX: Namespace and Typedef Cause C1001:'msc1.cpp',line 1090

Q153354 BUG: OLE Controls Limited to 20 Property Pages in Visual C++

Q153324 BUG: MSDEV May Leave Orphaned Threads in the Memory After Exit

Q153291 BUG: Wizards Fail on Secure Microsoft Access Database

Q153239 BUG: Multiple CRichEditView::PrintInsideRect's Are Distorted

Q153216 BUG: GetRowsEx() Incorrectly Handles Null Field Values

Q152603 FIX: Masked Edit Tab Order Incorrect If Visible Property FALSE

Q152482 BUG: Error: Undefined Symbol 'DOC' from Custom AppWizard

Q152211 BUG: Constructor Gets Called Multiple Times on the Same Object

Q152131 FIX: C1001: Extern in Function Call or Bad Type in Prototype

Q152056 BUG: Using Intrinsic Versions of log10 and fmod

Q152055 FIX: No Error and Constructor Not Called if Prototype Missing

Q152041 FIX: C1001 Error in 'msc1.cpp' on Template Function Parameter

Q152016 FIX: Errors C2065/C2064 When Function L is Called with Macro

Q151898 BUG: Include Directories Cannot End with a Backslash

Q151897 FIX: CListCtrl::InsertColumn() Causes Column Data to Shift

Q151675 FIX: Re-throwing Exception Causes Abnormal Program Termination

Q151673 FIX: Compiler Allocates Struct with Nested Struct Incorrectly

Q151167 BUG: LNK2001 Error for Static Member in Class Template

Q150885 BUG: C2321 Expanding Template with a Pointer to a Nested Class

Q150616 BUG: Nmake Does Not Build Subproject of Type Makefile

Q150576 FIX: C2682 Using dynamic_cast to Cast to a Const Pointer Type

Q150573 FIX: C2084 When Template Class Constructor Has No Body

Q150572 BUG: Error C1001: _asm Instruction Accessing Stack Using [ebp]

Q150571 DOC: CWnd::DragAcceptFiles() in Books Online

Q150378 FIX: C1001 if No Template Types in Template Func Arg List

Q150351 FIX: Absolute Pathnames for Source Files Placed in Makefile

Q150292 FIX: Access Violation When Copying Src File Between Projects

Q150287 FIX: Custom Build Commands Fail When Built from Command Line

Q150003 FIX: __vfptr Elements Are Not Properly Displayed in Debugger

Q150000 FIX: Minimal Rebuild Fails on Access Specifier Change for Enum

Q149966 BUG: istream::operator>>(long&) Does Not Clear errno

Q149965 FIX: C2668 in Overloaded Function When enum Is Promoted to int

Q149496 FIX: Custom Build Generates LNK1104 for Project Build from IDE

Q149482 BUG: MSDEV Does Not Report Error When It Cannot Find Make File

Q149327 BUG: C2440 Expanding Template with a Pointer to a Nested Class

Q149324 BUG: Modifying Const Temporary Object Doesn't Generate Error

Q149285 FIX: C1001 When Initialize Array of Type Class with #include

Q149237 BUG: 4 Class Wizard Problems w/ International System Settings

Q148880 BUG: Breakpoint Occurs When You Insert Clipboard Assistant

Q148806 BUG: Cannot Open Document from Shell If EXE Has Long File Name


Q148789 FIX: No Error Given for Non-static Callback Member Function

Q148704 FIX: Template Keyword Can't Be Used Inside Class Declarations

Q148688 FIX: C2243 on Friend Overload o

Q148686 BUG: IOMANIPdeclare Macro Causes C2758 Error with References

Q148504 FIX: C2371: Cast to Struct Ptr in Default Arg of Class Member

Q148455 BUG: CSharedFile::Detach() Does Not Call GlobalUnlock()

Q148318 FIX: Using #define NOGDI Results in Compilation Syntax Errors

Q148139 FIX: Default OLE Container w/ Splitters Faults on View Closure

Q147944 BUG: Edit Control's Number Style Check Box Won't Stay Selected

Q147894 BUG: Spy++ Causes Exception in Owner-Drawn Combo Box

Q147892 FIX: Custom AppWizard Doesn't Support Multiple Languages

Q147736 BUG: Dialog Previewer May Incorrectly Draw Caption on Dialogs

Q147632 BUG: Browsing Template Function Definition Goes to Wrong Place

Q147630 FIX: Remote Monitor Quits When TCP/IP Isn't Loaded

Q147427 DOCERR: Description of C2354 Error Is Unclear

Q147130 FIX: Building an .OCX Always Runs Regsvr32

Q146444 FIX: Working Directory Setting with Trailing Backslash Fails

Q145995 BUG: Changes to Remote Project Files Not Detected

Q145993 BUG: Crystal Reports AppWizard Disables Multi-Language Support

Q145863 FIX: Clear All Guides in Dialog Editor Causes Access Violation

Q145822 DOCERR: Creating Import Libraries for PowerPC Shared Libraries

Q145719 BUG: DAOENROL - Can't See Added Records in Windows 95

Q145574 FIX: IDE Appears to Hang If Browse Key (F11 or F12) Is Pressed

Q143433 BUG: Setup Does Not Validate First Three Digits of CD Key

Q143430 FIX: Pointer to Member Function Is Not Shown as Reference

Q143410 DOC: Vertical Slider Control Sends WM_VSCROLL Message

Q143352 FIX: C2988 on Conversion Operator Between Two Template Classes

Q143313 BUG: CToolTipCtrl Stops Working After Dialog Is Displayed

Q143109 BUG: Debugger Shows Incorrect "this" Pointer

Q143083 FIX: C2664 When Array Is Passed as a Parameter to a Function

Q143082 BUG: Wrong Pointer Value When Nested Classes Have Same Name

Q142787 FIX: C1001 on Template Class of Type Pointer to Function

Q142593 BUG: Header Files Not Excluded from Project Directory

Q142493 BUG: Cannot Cast Double to int for Use in an Array Declarator

Q142420 DOCERR: Setdflag.c Sample for _CrtSetDbgFlag Missing Tilde (~)

Q141958 DOCERR: _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC Environment Var References Incorrect

Q141866 BUG: App Error While Changing Install Dir for Visual C++

Q141865 FIX: Can't Get to Hidden Workspace After Enabling Docking View

Q141478 FIX: Floating Toolbars Disappear in Developer Studio

Q141477 FIX: Exception Specification Syntax Handled Incorrectly

Q141458 BUG: Large Selections Fail in Disassembly Window

Q141456 BUG: Pressing F1 for Help on Error Message Doesn't Work

Q141413 FIX: MSDEV Does Not Prompt for Executable for Debug Session

Q141345 BUG: Duplicating Resource Causes Resource ID Collision

Q141040 BUG: Step Out in Debugger Ignores Try/Catch Scope

Q140858 PRB: _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC Does Not Work as Documented

Q140604 BUG: 'using' Declaration Doesn't Overload Base Class Members

Q140597 FIX: Fatal Error LNK1561: Entry Point Must Be Defined

Q140595 DOC: How to Display Tool Tips After Calling EnableToolTips

Q140573 BUG: F4 to Go to Error/Tag Doesn't Always Open Source File

Q140450 FIX: "Failed to (or don't know how to) build" Warning

Q140444 FIX: UNC File Names Cause Remote Debugging to Fail

Q140439 FIX: Namespace Scoped Classes Don't Show Up in ClassView

Q140356 FIX: NMAKE Fails If Paths & File Names Have Special Characters

Q140188 BUG: C1001 or C2434: Using Templates in Default Arguments

Q140024 FIX: Tools Won't Run If There's a Space in the Path

Q139996 BUG: Wizards Create Invalid Column Names for QueryDef Join

Q139871 FIX: Error C2371 on Struct Typedef that Does Not Have a Tag

Q139696 BUG: WinHelp Called Twice

Q139637 BUG: Developer Studio Ignores /nologo Linker Setting

Q139477 FIX: Insufficient Disk Space Causes Visual C++ to Fail

Q139476 BUG: File Time Incorrect After Saving During Build

Q139458 FIX: Ambiguous C2966 Error with Nested Template Classes

Q139422 FIX: Advanced Options for SDI Application in Appwizard

Q139301 FIX: C2664 Error w/Property Sheet Component Added to CDocument

Q139296 BUG: C2955 Error Generated If Using Same Name as Template

Q139295 FIX: Local File Is Not Saved with Save All

Q139294 BUG: Replace "Beginning of Line" Skips Blank Lines

Q139271 FIX: Changing Keyboard Compatibility Fails to Update Some Keys

Q139053 BUG: Can't Set Some Background/Foreground Colors in InfoViewer

Q139031 DOCERR: Title Tips for Project Workspace Window Not Documented

Q139028 BUG: Incomplete pragma Directive May Cause C1001 Error

Q139026 DOCERR: Remote Debugging with TCP/IP Isn't Supported on Win32s

Q139012 BUG: Cannot Map Functions to Special Keys in Developer Studio

Q138953 BUG: Static Identifiers Do Not Show Up in ClassView

Q138947 FIX: Comma Acts Like CR/LF in Custom Build Options

Q138928 DOCERR: Custom Key Assignments May Not Work as Expected

Q138873 BUG: Window Colors Cannot Be Customized from Developer Studio

Q138847 BUG: C2572 When Define Function Pointer w/ Default Argument

Q138764 BUG: Custom Build Commands Not Assigned Values

Q138756 BUG: Cursor Editor Fill Tool Doesn't Affect BackGround Pixels

Q138755 BUG: GPF When Drag-Drop Resources Between Two Resource Scripts

Q138752 FIX: C4114 Warning When Using Templates and Const Keyword

Q138695 DOC: ConstructElements & DestructElements

Q138693 BUG: Error Opening .Bsc File from MRU List

Q138632 BUG: Can't Serialize Items After CRichEditDoc::Serialize

Q138567 BUG: Incorrect Function Name Binding in Function Templates

Q138412 FIX: AppWiz Samples Fail to Build from Command Line

Q135666 FIX: Assertion Failure in CFieldExchange::GetColumnType()

Q135526 BUG: Bad Result If Call Inline Function Twice in Expression

Q133179 BUG: Compiler Fails Syntax Check of Extra Comma in enum List

Q129132 BUG: Can't Use Simple Type in an Explicit Call of a Destructor

Q128600 BUG: Redefinition of Enum Data Type Does Not Cause an Error

Q128344 FIX: Error C2593: 'operator +' Is Ambiguous

Q127900 BUG: C2487 Error Occurs If Multiple Static Vars Use dllexport

Q125799 BUG: C2443 Using Structure Member Operand in _asm Block

Q123161 BUG: ios::internal Adds No Fill Characters for int and long

Q122790 BUG: Character Constant with \0 Not Stored Properly

Q122789 FIX: Error C2579 When Using Function Templates

Q122543 BUG: Incorrect Code When Increment Pointer Based on a Pointer

Q122541 BUG: Goto() Within Try-Except Block Causes C2705 Error

Q122540 BUG: 'char *' Passed to 'const char * &' Violates Type Safety

Q122539 BUG: C4786 or C1067 Caused by Long Identifier and /Zi

Q122370 BUG: C2248 When Access Protected Nested Class in Derived Class

Q122304 BUG: /YX and /Yc Incorrectly Allowed in Project Settings

Q122258 BUG: Cannot Disconnect From Network Drive After Running Setup

Q122217 PRB: offsetof() Macro Fails with Virtual Base Class

Q122042 BUG: Fatal Error C1001 Using /Zg with Large C++ Header Files

Q121346 BUG: Spaces Preceding Header File Name Generate Build Errors

Q121216 FIX: Vector Delete Calls Exported Destructor Only Once

Q120967 BUG: Try Blocks Within a Switch Statement Behave Incorrectly

Q120218 BUG: Warning C4056 Generated When /Op Option is Used

Q119873 BUG: Incorrect Use of #pragma Pack Causes C1001 Errors

Q119393 BUG: Invalid Extraction from istrstream Does Not Set failbit

Q118875 BUG: ClassWizard "Bind", "Update Columns" Buttons Disabled.

Q117384 BUG: Unable to Hit Breakpoint on ELSE IF Statement

Q117383 BUG: C2483 Instantiating Objects with the Thread Attribute

Q117201 BUG: sizeof Used in Comparison Does Not Generate C4018

Q116487 BUG: No Compiler Error for Ambiguous C++ Conversion

Q116325 BUG: Browser Information Shows Incorrect Reference to Variable

Q116240 BUG: Compiler Errors Initializing const Reference to an Array

Q116239 BUG: Function that Inherits Through Dominance Fails

Q116172 BUG: Based Ptr. Init Fails at Global Scope in CPP File

Q116170 BUG: C2099 Generated Initializing Struct with Macro

Q115705 BUG: Function Style Conversion Incorrectly Generates Errors

Q115521 FIX: Private Copy Constructor Called Without Proper Access

Q113118 BUG: C2061, C2062, C2226, C2039 Occur When Using enum types

Q112985 BUG: new Allocates 0 Bytes for Typedef Class Function Pointer

Q107427 BUG: getch() Returns Incorrect Extended Key Codes

Q102158 FIX: ifstream Object Loses Character in Text Mode

Additional query words: kbVC420bug kbDSupport kbdss

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Keywords          : kbList 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC420 kbVC32bitSearch kbVC420b
Version           : :4.2,4.2b
Issue type        : kbbug kbinfo

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