DOCUMENT:Q188588  29-JUN-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FILE: VB5SP3DS.EXE Contains Visual Basic SP3 Debugging Symbols
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,97sp3
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 5.0
 - Microsoft Visual Studio 97sp3
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft has made available to the public debugging symbols to aid in the
debugging of applications created with Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Service
Pack Three (SP3) components. These symbols allow debugging tools such as
Visual C++, Dr. Watson, NTSD/CDB, and WinDBG to obtain stack traces
describing the functions within built components, such as MSVBVM50.DLL,
that are being called when a crash occurs. These traces would aid
developers and Microsoft support engineers in diagnosing the problems.

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

 ~ Vb5sp3ds.exe

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

To install the debugging symbols, first extract them from VB5SP3DS.EXE.
When VB5SP3DS.EXE is run, it will prompt you for a directory (default:
C:\WINNT) in which to extract the files. At completion, the following
directory tree will be created below the directory you have chosen:

\SYMBOLS\dll

07/19/97  04:54p                 1,340 vb5en.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               136,616 MSConDes.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               583,236 MSRDO20.dbg
07/19/97  04:54p             2,679,216 MSVBVM50.dbg
07/19/97  04:45p               168,292 VB5DB.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p                38,696 MSCDRun.dbg
07/19/97  04:45p                 1,672 vb5ide.dbg
10/01/97  11:48a             2,769,076 VBA5.dbg

\SYMBOLS\exe

07/19/97  04:45p             3,453,180 VB5.dbg

\SYMBOLS\ocx

07/19/97  04:59p               224,428 comct232.dbg
09/17/97  09:07p               298,884 DBList32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               146,792 ComDlg32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               713,896 ComCtl32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               216,072 mci32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               140,332 MSComm32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               281,260 msflxgrd.dbg
09/11/97  09:24p               161,384 msinet.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               176,916 msmapi32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               170,632 MSMask32.dbg
07/19/97  05:00p               143,064 mswinsck.dbg
07/19/97  05:00p               129,684 PicClp32.dbg
07/19/97  05:00p               256,740 RichTx32.dbg
07/19/97  05:00p                95,932 SysInfo.dbg
07/19/97  05:00p               298,772 tabctl32.dbg
07/19/97  04:59p               183,320 MSRDC20.dbg

These .dbg files are for debugging Visual Studio SP3 components on Intel
platforms only.

Different debugging tools have different methods of locating debugging
symbols. Usually, you can put a .dbg file in the same directory as the
corresponding .exe, .dll, or .ocx file. For instance, MSVBVM50.DLL is in
C:\Winnt\System32 directory; you can copy Msvbvm50.dbg to C:\Winnt\System32
and most debuggers will find it. Some debuggers are set up by default to
find symbols in the Symbols directory if it exists below your system root
directory (for example C:\WINNT\Symbols\). You should consult your debugger
documentation for more information before installing the symbols.

The .dbg files in VB5SP3DS.EXE contain symbols in the Common Object File
Format (COFF). To use them with Visual C++ 5.0, you may need to copy
SYMCVT.DLL from your Visual C++ CD-ROM to your Windows system (system32 for
NT) directory. DRWTSN32.EXE shipped with NT understands COFF symbols
without SYMCVT.DLL.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdss kbVBp500 kbVBp kbVS97SP3 kbDebug
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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,97sp3
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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