FIX: Special Characters in Path May Prevent File Access

ID: Q122932

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Visual C++ fails to open files that have .BSC or .RC extensions when there are special characters (shown below) in the path. The editor will return to the main window without posting a warning or error.

CAUSE

The space character and the following characters cause this problem:


   $  %  @  #  !  ^  (  )  {  }  [  ]

All of these characters should work; they are all acceptable.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, avoid using any of the special characters listed above.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 4.0.

REFERENCES

For information about related problems with NMake, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q121018 BUG: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbide kbVC kbVC200bug kbVC400fix kbGrpDSTools
Version : :2.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug