Article: Q179285
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
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Keyword(s): kbVC500 kbVC600
Last Modified: 17-JUL-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, versions 5.0, 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When a DLL add-in is disabled in Developer Studio through the Tools/Customize
dialog box (click Customize on the Tools menu), the DLL is not unloaded from
memory. As a result, if the add-in is being built in Developer Studio, the
linker cannot overwrite the still-loaded DLL and will give the following error
message:
LINK : fatal error LNK1168: cannot open Debug/test.dll for writing
NOTE: Test.dll is the name of the add-in DLL.
RESOLUTION
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After disabling the add-in, close Developer Studio then reopen Developer Studio.
The development environment will not load the add-in, and therefore changes may
be made to the DLL.
STATUS
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This behavior is by design.
REFERENCES
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The online help topic "Disconnecting Add-ins from Developer Studio" describes
part of the process of disabling an add-in:
If you remove the check mark from an add-in, you will unload it. When you
unload it, the add-in loses all of its toolbar and keystroke assignments.
This statement is misleading because the add-in is not unloaded from memory, but
rather the functions provided in the add-in are unloaded from Developer Studio.
This is made clearer in the topic "How Add-ins Connect and Disconnect":
When Developer Studio quits, it unloads each add-in by calling the
OnDisconnection method exposed by the add-in's DSAddIn object.
Consult your product documentation for more information on creating and using
add-ins in Developer Studio.
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Keywords : kbVC500 kbVC600
Technology : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC500 kbVC600 kbVC32bitSearch kbVC500Search
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbnofix
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