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How To Use the Developer Support Microsoft Knowledge Base
The Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) contains a wealth of information for all Microsoft products and technologies. This article is designed to assist users of Microsoft Developer products and technologies with using the Knowledge Base to find the...
HOW TO: Create a Package With Visual C++
This article contains an example of how to create a Data Transformation Services (DTS) package by using Microsoft Visual C++. This is useful when you need to create a DTS package programmatically. DTS Visual C++ Programming Example The following DTS...
HOW TO: Provide Run-Time License Information for MsComm32.ocx in Microsoft Visual C++
This article describes how to provide run-time license data for the MsComm32 control in a Microsoft Visual C++ MFC program. The MsComm32.ocx custom control that is included with Visual C++ is a licensed control. When you install Visual Studio 6.0,...

You receive an exception error message when you pass a VARIANT parameter by reference to an MFC automation server
Discusses a problem that occurs when passing VARIANT parameters by reference to MFC. Discusses a hotfix for this problem.
Deadlock May Occur When You Use Printer Object in a Multithreaded Application
When you use the Printer object in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 in a multithreaded application [for example, in Microsoft COM+ (Dllhost.exe) or in Microsoft Internet Information Services (Inetinfo.exe)], a deadlock may occur. Microsoft Visual Studio...
FIX: The Windows Common Controls Mscomctl.ocx or Comctl32.ocx may cause your application or the Visual Basic 6 IDE to unexpectedly quit, or you may receive a "Divide By Zero" error message
Fixes a problem that occurs when you reorder the columns in a ListView control that is in a Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 application in Windows XP or a later operating system. You receive a divide-by-zero error message.

BUG: Copying Samples to a Dir with High ASCII Stops File I/O
If you attempt to copy a sample from the online samples to a directory with high-ASCII characters in the path name, it does download, but when you try to open the project it cannot be found. The error message displays the correct path, but says:...
PRB: Undocumented Filter Syntax for IReposQuery::GetCollection Method
The GetCollection method of the IReposQuery interface in SQL Server 2000 Metadata Services programming accepts a filter string to limit the collection that is returned. This filter string also accepts a special Implements() or InstanceOf() clause....
BUG: Debug DAO SDK Components Cause Assertion
Visual Studio version 6.0 comes with the DAO Software Development Kit (SDK). If you try to build and run any of the samples in the \DAOSDK\SAMPLES directory (such as DAOREAD or EMPLOYEE) on a computer with Visual C++ version 6.0 and the DAO SDK...

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