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Microsoft Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with Visual SourceSafe 6.0d addresses known issues with Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual Source Safe 6.0. This service pack does not contain fixes for Visual InterDev 6.0, Visual FoxPro 6.0, and Visual J++ 6.0, as the mainstream life-cycle for these products has ended.

INFO: Fonts for Asian Language Scripts
To correctly display most of the Asian language strings, special fonts that support those languages are required. The following is a list of fonts that support each language: Japanese: MS Gothic MS MinchoKorean: Gulim GulimCheTraditional Chinese:...
INFO: Japanese Font Problem with Some Visual Basic Applications on Windows 2000
Some of the existing Visual Basic applications display Japanese characters correctly on a Japanese Microsoft Windows 95-based computer, a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer and a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer. However, the Visual Basic...
INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 SP3 Readme: Part 7 - Visual J++
This Readme file contains updated information for the entire Microsoft Visual Studio suite of developer tools. If you downloaded a Core service pack from the Internet, not all sections of this file apply to the updates you received. The fixed issues...

FIX: When You Edit Stored Procedures Under Source Control, Spaces Are Removed
When you check in stored procedures to Visual SourceSafe, the spaces are removed. This makes the Visual SourceSafe copy different from the SQL Server copy. This problem can cause build failures when you retrieve the stored procedures from Visual...
FIX: The Visual Studio IDE quits unexpectedly with no warning message
When you are editing code in the Code Editor, the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE may quit unexpectedly. When the IDE quits, you do not receive a warning message. Typically, this problem occurs when you are editing code that is not syntactically...
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.

SignCode.exe no longer in Visual C++ CAB&SIGN folder
You cannot find the code signing tools that were formerly available in the CAB&SIGN folder of the Visual Studio 97 or Visual C++ 5 CDs on the Visual Studio 6.0 or Visual C++ 6.0 CDs. To make sure that developers are always using the most recent...
PRB: After Installation of Visual Studio Products, the System Enters a Reboot Loop
When you are installing Visual Studio products, the system prompts you to reboot and then enters a perpetual loop of reboots. The error message notes that the system was unable to find a file (it lists a randomly generated file name, such as...
FIX: GetPropertyInfo Not Returning Correct Values for Default Case
After creating an OLE DB Provider with the ATL Wizard in Visual C++ 6.0, the IDBProperties::GetPropertyInfo returns all of the DATASOURCEINFO properties rather than the initialization properties; also, the GUID returned in the DBPROPINFOSET...