DOCUMENT:Q190924  07-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Command Line Argument /MAKE Truncates User Documents
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:
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 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When using the Microsoft Visual Basic command line argument /MAKE to
compile an ActiveX Document EXE, User Documents may get truncated.

RESOLUTION
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Open the project in Visual Basic and compile the project from the IDE.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce
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1. Start Microsoft Visual Basic, creating a new ActiveX Document EXE.
   UserDocument1 will be created by default.

2. In the Project window, double-click User Documents.

3. In the Project window, right-click UserDocument1, and click View Object.

4. Set the Top property of UserDocument1 to 16000.

5. Using the Toolbox, create two labels on the form, setting the following
   properties:

      Name       Caption       Top
      ----       -------       ---

      Label1     "Top 8000"    8000
      Label2     "Top 15000"   15000

6. Save the project, and exit Visual Basic.

7. From a command line, enter the following command:

   "c:\program files\devstudio\vb98\vb6.exe" /MAKE "c:\temp\project1.vbp"

   NOTE: Modify the path information to correspond to the directories for
   both the installation of Microsoft Visual Basic and the saved
   project. Quotes should be used if the path contains long filenames.

8. Using Microsoft Internet Explorer, open the file UserDocument1.vbd,
   which should reside in the same directory as the project created above.
   Scroll down and note that the first label is visible but the second is
   not.

NOTE: The height to which the UserDocument is truncated depends on the
video resolution of the development machine. For instance, non-exhaustive
testing found that on a machine with 800x600 resolution, the UserDocument
was truncated to 8775 twips (6.1 inches). On a machine with 1024x768
resolution, the UserDocument was truncated to 8+ inches.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q190165
   TITLE     : BUG: Compile Errors When Using Command Line Argument /MAKE

Additional query words: kbdss kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbCompiler kbIDE
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Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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