FIX: Format Menu Options Can Crash Visual Basic 5.0

ID: Q171477

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When multiple controls are selected and the Properties Window has the focus, Visual Basic 5.0 may crash when the Horizontal or Vertical Spacing menu item under Format is accessed.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start a Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 5.0.

Add two Labels or any other controls to the form.

Select both controls and click anywhere on the properties window, or press the F4 key.

Choose the Format menu and move the mouse pointer over to the Horizontal or Vertical spacing menu item.

You should get an Invalid Page Fault in VB5.exe.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug