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OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows XP

Article ID: 312505 - View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q312505

SYMPTOMS

When you are running an OpenGL-based program that is rendering an OpenGL scene that contains extremely long lines to a bitmap on your Windows XP-based computer, you may receive an access violation error message.

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CAUSE

This problem can occur because the algorithm that is used to calculate the coordinates for the line is inaccurate for very long lines.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ )

How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version      Size     File name     Platform
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   29-Nov-2001  01:50  5.1.2600.21  686,080  Opengl32.dll  Intel

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about this problem and Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313377

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313377/EN-US/ )

OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows 2000

313364

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313364/EN-US/ )

OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows NT

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