OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows 2000

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This article was previously published under Q313377

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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 2000-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 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   29-Nov-2001  23:32  5.0.2195.4709  692,496  Opengl32.dll

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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 2000 Service Pack 3.

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MORE INFORMATION

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

312505 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312505/EN-US/ ) OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows XP

313364 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313364/EN-US/ ) OpenGL-Based Program Causes Access Violation in Windows NT

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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