Q122216: FIX: Errors When Spaces Used in Resource File Specification

Article: Q122216
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): winnt:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbide kbVC kbVC200bug kbVC400fix kbGrpDSToolskbbuglist kbfixlist
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 2.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 2.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition, version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When loading an App Studio generated resource file that has a space in either
the name of the directory where the file is located or in the file name, the
following garbled error message is generated:

  fatal

  ror C1007: unrecognized flag "<remainder of path after space>" in C1.

Choosing OK generates an Application Error:

  msvc.exe - Application Error

  - The instruction at "0x100b163f" referenced memory at "0x0000000c".
  The memory could not be "read".

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This problem was fixed in Microsoft Visual C++,
32-bit Edition, version 4.0.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbide kbVC kbVC200bug kbVC400fix kbGrpDSTools kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC200 kbVC32bitSearch
Version           : winnt:
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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