The Unexpected QuickWin Error

ID: Q112389


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1


SUMMARY

Applications for Microsoft Windows developed with the Windows SDK may display an error message box with the error:

"Unexpected QuickWin Error"


MORE INFORMATION

There are several possible causes for this error:

  • A QuickWin application caused an unexpected application error (UAE) or general protect (GP) fault.


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  • A Microsoft Windows-based application that is not a QuickWin application called a QuickWin function. If execution of a non-QuickWin application for Windows results in this error, one of the QuickWin functions was linked and executed in the application.


  • - or -

  • Possible mismatch of memory model libraries (for example, building a large model application but using SLIBCEW, the small model library for Windows.)


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  • Possible stray function pointers that accidentally call one of the QuickWin stubs.


  • - or -

  • You may have attempted to use an invalid file handle with one of the I/O functions.


The run-time libraries for Windows (SLIBCEW, MLIBCEW, CLIBCEW, and LLIBCEW) contain stubs to the QuickWin functions. Therefore, the linker will not give an error when linking with a QuickWin function from a non-QuickWin application for Windows. However, when the function executes, an error message box with the error "Unexpected QuickWin Error" will be displayed.

The following functions are in the QuickWin library:

   _fwopen                    _wgopen
   _inchar                    _wgsetactive
   _wabout                    _wmenuclick
   _wclose                    _wopen
   _wgclose                   _wsetexit
   _wgetexit                  _wsetfocus
   _wgetfocus                 _wsetscreenbuf
   _wgetscreenbuf             _wsetsize
   _wgetsize                  _wyield
   _wggetactive 
For further information regarding QuickWin applications and the QuickWin routines, refer to the Language Help file of Visual C++ or the Microsoft Visual C++ "Run-Time Library Reference" manual.

Additional query words: 3.10

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: November 4, 1999
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