PRB: Help Compiler Causes Fatal Exit or Other System Failure

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q104917
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When running HC31.EXE or HCP.EXE in Windows 3.1, a dialog box is displayed that indicates something similar to "a GP fault or exception has occurred" or "the System has been violated. Please save your files and close down Windows."

When running in NT, the system will hang or you will receive an OS/2 application faulted at CS = 0x4007.

CAUSE

There is an internal limit of 32K that is getting processed.

RESOLUTION

There is an updated version of HCP.EXE (version 3.10.505) that sets the limit to 64K.

Download HC505.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download HC505.EXE (size: 229960 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get HC505.EXE (size: 229960 bytes)

HC505.EXE contains four files: HC.EXE, HCP.EXE, and two .ERR files.

MORE INFORMATION

HC.EXE and HCP.EXE versions 3.10.505 correct the following problems:

  • Some new RTF items (font header information) that Word for Windows version 6.0 generates.
  • Increase the number of entries (around 8,000) in the map section and the alias sections in the .HPJ file.
  • Increase the number of bitmaps in the .RTF file to around 2,970.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10
KBCategory: kbtool kbprg kbfile kbprb
KBSubcategory: TlsHlp

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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