FIX: GDI Resource Problem With Many Forms and Intrinsic Data Control

ID: Q223075

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Some users have found that projects containing large numbers of forms using the intrinsic (DAO) data control encounter GDI resource problems when running in Visual Basic 6.0. Projects that used to run successfully in Visual Basic 5.0 may run out of memory or generate a General Protection Fault in Visual Basic 6.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbservicepack kbCtrl kbDAO kbVBp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpVBDB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug