FIX: Screen Turns Black When Compiling

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This article was previously published under Q171498

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SYMPTOMS

If the Console Window display option setting is set to "Full Screen," then the screen will go black while compiling the Visual Basic Application.

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RESOLUTION

Install Service Pack 2 (SP2) or follow the steps below:

Open the Control Panel.
Double-click the Console Applet.
Set the display option to Window.
Click OK to accept the change.

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170365/EN-US/ ) INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171554 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171554/EN-US/ ) INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

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