ADT2: Err Msg: Unable to Create Item in Program Manager Group

Last reviewed: April 9, 1997
Article ID: Q152994

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

When you run setup disks created with the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0, you may receive the following error message:

   Unable to create item in program manager group.

This error message appear when the icon's description text includes special characters, such as [] (brackets), () (braces), ! (exclamation point), . (period), , (comma) or ' (apostrophe).

RESOLUTION

Do not use special characters in the application title or icon descriptions.

MORE INFORMATION

On page 29 of the "Advanced Topics" book for the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0, it mentions special characters that should not be used for the application title. These restrictions apply also to the icon's description text.

Additional query words: ADT program manager
Keywords : GnlApp kberrmsg kbusage
Version : 2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : X86
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: April 9, 1997
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