FIX: Screen Turns Black When Compiling

• Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
  on the following platforms: Windows NT

SYMPTOMS

If the Console Window display option setting is set to "Full Screen," then the screen will go black while compiling the Visual Basic Application.

RESOLUTION

Install Service Pack 2 (SP2) or follow the steps below:

1. Open the Control Panel.



2. Double-click the Console Applet.



3. Set the display option to Window.



4. Click OK to accept the change.

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

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

Additional query words:

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