Q104917: PRB: Help Compiler Causes Fatal Exit or Other System Failure

Article: Q104917
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are running HC31.exe or HCP.exe in Windows 3.1, a dialog box similar to
one of the following appears:

  A GP fault or exception has occurred.

  -or-

  The System has been violated. Please save your files and close down Windows.

When running under Windows NT, the system hangs or you receive an OS/2
application faulted at CS = 0x4007.

CAUSE
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There is an internal limit of 32K that is getting processed.

RESOLUTION
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There is an updated version of HCP.EXE (version 3.10.505) that sets the limit to
64K.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:

  HC505.exe (http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/HC505.exe)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


HC.exe and HCP.exe versions 3.10.505 correct the following problems:

- Some new RTF items (font header information) that Word for Windows version
  6.0 generates.

- Increase the number of entries (around 8,000) in the map section and the
  alias sections in the .HPJ file.

- Increase the number of bitmaps in the .RTF file to around 2,970.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbfile 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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