VS 2005 // Access 2003 // Multiple Monitors // C++ Runtime Error

[rivsys]

I installed VS2005 earlier today. I have benn running .Net 2.0 for some time.

Now, when running Access 2003 on one monitor and either Help or the VB on
the other monitor I get a C++ runtime error and Access abends. The error
occurs at points one normally gets a message from Access - Compiler Error
notifications, Save confirmations, etc.

Anyone else seen this?

System:

XP x64 Sp1 (All updates)
Dual 3.2 Xeon
4 gb Ram
ATI X1900XTX
3Ware 9550 SATA Disk Array - Raid10

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

The error must be one caused by VS2005. I run Access 2003 frequently on
multiple monitors, on different machines (Dell Precision 360, Fujitsu
Tablet, and a custom machine), including 1 setup using a 37" LCD TV as a 2nd
monitor, and never get that problem.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[rivsys]

"> The error must be one caused by VS2005."

Wow, you think?!?

Doh!

 

[rivsys]

It appears a reference to comdlg32.ocx in the application I was working with
was causing the C++ runtime error.

Rebuilding the reference seems to have resolved the issue.

Whodathunkit?

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

Presumably you have turned on debugging with the VS install,
so you are probably getting an extra debug dialog when Access
crashes.

The continual development of Access from 2.0 on has been away
from custom Access development, and toward creating Access as
a collection of standard parts: Office Menus, VBA IDE, com
between the internal objects etc.

An unfortunate side effect has been that exceptions in the
components have tended to leak out as GPFs, rather than being
caught correctly by Access.

(david)