Re: "An invalid argument was encountered"

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 2 May 2007 20:42:17 -0700
Message-ID:
<2A2B5140-D885-4C3A-9C59-AC0949B768F4@microsoft.com>
This is an error that typically happens when an exception is thrown in
release mode, but caught by the framework somewhere. I've seen this, for
example, when I try to use and ID that no longer exists on a dialog (in
code). Is this client running a different language (I.E., could there be a
different resource DLL involved that doesn't have all the resources). I
might be resources in the MFC DLL as well.

Could be your version of MFC is newer as well. When you install your
software do you install the MFC DLLs in your program folder?

Tom

"Sonu" <sonu@online.nospam> wrote in message
news:6A24642E-0E14-43EE-8FBB-BBC232E86809@microsoft.com...

One of my clients is getting this error whenever she pints to the file
menu.
The most probable answer I found to this problem is:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=213556

I would like to know why exactly this could be happening on her computer
only as the path names of files in the MRU on my computer are definitely
longer than 30 characters (more than 45 characters, infact.)

Here is what my client has to say:

"My computer was purchased in December of 2002. It is a Dell Dimension
4550,
which was one of the high end computers at that time. It runs on Windows
XP.
It has a 60 Gig Hard Drive with 40 Gigs left of useable space. The
computer
is fully updated with all SP 2 and 3 plus all additional updates that
could
be found on the Microsoft site except one sound update, which would be of
no
use to me. The computer has been defragmented and the scan disc has been
run,
which shows a "clean volume". All other programs are functioning normally
as
on my other computer. The problem always occurs when the first attempting
a
click to the file menu button at top left. Then typically I can open
another
file with no Invalid Argument message. But, if I move around the program a
bit, then the message can reappear with no reason particularly.
The Softare does not freeze up when the Invalid Argument shows up. I can
continue to use the program, but sometimes the Invalid Argument Error pops
up. There does not seem to be any particular button, which produces this
message."

Thanks in advance
Regards

Srishti

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