_except_handler3 and NT4

NTDEV
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Hi, I saw that this issue was addressed in the NTDEV archives, but
couldn’t access them. It seems that using the exception handling keywords
in a driver causes the VC++ compiler to generate a refernce to
“_except_handler3” from NTOSKRNL.DLL, which doesn’t exist in NT4, so the
driver won’t load. Some info I saw indicates the VC++ compiler versions
8.00 and above generates this when it sees “_try, _except, etc.” If this
is the case, are there any switches, or any other mechanism that will
generate an import compatible acress NT4/2K/XP?

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated (of course :slight_smile:

Best, Ken Claggett

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You ever search microsoft.com? How about 316315?

“Kenneth Claggett” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi, I saw that this issue was addressed in the NTDEV archives, but
> couldn’t access them. It seems that using the exception handling keywords
> in a driver causes the VC++ compiler to generate a refernce to
> “_except_handler3” from NTOSKRNL.DLL, which doesn’t exist in NT4, so the
> driver won’t load. Some info I saw indicates the VC++ compiler versions
> 8.00 and above generates this when it sees “_try, _except, etc.” If this
> is the case, are there any switches, or any other mechanism that will
> generate an import compatible acress NT4/2K/XP?
>
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated (of course :slight_smile:
>
> Best, Ken Claggett
>
>

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This occurs if you build by w2k or later DDK and run on NT4.
Build by NT4 DDK.

Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

----- Original Message -----
From: “Kenneth Claggett”
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:52 PM
Subject: [ntdev] _except_handler3 and NT4

> Hi, I saw that this issue was addressed in the NTDEV archives, but
> couldn’t access them. It seems that using the exception handling keywords
> in a driver causes the VC++ compiler to generate a refernce to
> “_except_handler3” from NTOSKRNL.DLL, which doesn’t exist in NT4, so the
> driver won’t load. Some info I saw indicates the VC++ compiler versions
> 8.00 and above generates this when it sees “_try, _except, etc.” If this
> is the case, are there any switches, or any other mechanism that will
> generate an import compatible acress NT4/2K/XP?
>
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated (of course :slight_smile:
>
> Best, Ken Claggett
>
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Try this http://htfv.vba.com.by/articles/nt4ddk.asp

-htfv

“Kenneth Claggett” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi, I saw that this issue was addressed in the NTDEV archives, but
> couldn’t access them. It seems that using the exception handling keywords
> in a driver causes the VC++ compiler to generate a refernce to
> “_except_handler3” from NTOSKRNL.DLL, which doesn’t exist in NT4, so the
> driver won’t load. Some info I saw indicates the VC++ compiler versions
> 8.00 and above generates this when it sees “_try, _except, etc.” If this
> is the case, are there any switches, or any other mechanism that will
> generate an import compatible acress NT4/2K/XP?
>
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated (of course :slight_smile:
>
> Best, Ken Claggett
>
>