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I'm using Opus Pro 5.5 on Windows XP Home edition. I get a lot of "Structured Exception c0000005 processing..." errors when publishing my Opus stand-alone program. Has anyone else had this same problem? And how did you fix it?

This is not a problem I have come across before and may indicate a corrupt entry in the registry.

Please try this link for a possible solution.

http://www.digitalgrapevine.info/viewtopic.php?p=1949#1949

Regards

Brenden Knifton

That link suggested clearing the Opus registry by holding down ctrl+alt immediately after starting opus. I tried it, and the opus registry cleared successfully, but it didn't make a difference to the problem. I also tried rebooting, shutting off the computer and deleting all files from the published destination folder. But no luck.

The Opus program that I wrote works fine in Preview Publication. But when actually publishing it, it has hundreds of those Structured Exception errors. Here's how the errors look:

This is really strange. As you say, you have hundreds of errors.

Couple of very basic things for you to look at;

How healthy is your hard disk?
Are you publishing your publication to your hard disk and if so, do you have plenty of space?

If you want someone else to test publish for you ( to make sure it is the publication and not a hardware / software conflict problem, PM me and I'll provide an email address to you so you can email your publication and I'll try the publish process myself for you.

Cheers

Graham

Thank you, Graham, for your time.

I was able to get one good publish by setting my Windows XP to the earliest restore point. But since then, I keep getting structure exception errors when I try to publish. And restoring Windows XP to any previous restore point no longer has an affect.

If anyone is interested in trying it out to see if you can publish a standalone program from my files, here's the link to the source code:

http://www.dramaoke.com/h.htm

It requires Opus Pro and an H: drive (as explained in the notes in the zip file).

OK. I downloaded and installed your files as per your instructions.

I published, as per your instructions. This resulted in 641 occurrences of Structured Exception c0000005 processing.

I attempted to preview your application. After your application reset my screen resolution and colour depth, my system needed re-booting to return to normal.

I also attempted to run the .exe file at the end of the error-prone publish process. It appeared to open, but the screen did not display properly, and failed to reset my resolution when I managed to close your pub. Another reboot was needed.

I use a 19-inch Samsung SynchMaster 913v monitor and an MSI Radeon 9550 adaptor. This is not the greatest adapter, but it has the latest drivers, and works perfectly with every application, including all my Opus applications.

I'm interested in why you thought you needed to change the users' resolution and colour depth. THere are other ways to achieve displaying full-screen without resetting the screen resolution. My limited experience is that many users do not like outsiders to manipulate their computers.

This probably isn't the result you wanted, and hasn't isolated your problem, but at least, in my mind, it suggests that the problems might be related to your Opus publication.

Good luck!

Thank you. That was very helpful. It means that the problem is probably not in my computer system or Opus Pro setup. There's something in my data files that won't allow it to publish correctly. But before any publishing attempts, the program should have played back okay for you in Preview Publish. At least it does on my system.

P.S.: I need to change the user's display resolution because I need the text and images to fill the screen. I haven't been able to do that without setting the display resolution to a fixed, known size. If I ever get this publishing problem figured out I might look into making it so I don't have to change the resolution and color depth of the user's monitor.

I have downloaded and tested it on 2 machines and on both it has published correctly with no errors. We will continue to test this on our test machines to see if we can replicate the problem. It is very strange that on your machine you have in the past used a restore point and it has allowed you to publish with no error, which would hint at a problem specific to your machine. If we could work out what this is we may be able to get to the bottom of the problem more quickly.


Regards

Brenden Knifton

I think I finally tracked down the cause of the Structured Exception c0000005 processing error.

It happens in the part of the program where pages with text are copied or moved from one chapter to another chapter. The program appears to be functioning normally during preview publish. But in the actual publish the moved pages give Structured Exception c0000005 processing errors.

I am not able to recreate the error in a small test program that contains a few pages moved from one chapter to another. So, the exact problem and fix is still a mystery.