LoadBarState failed - LoadBarState failed (with win32 exception!)

Error Message

An error occurs in PythonWin when running a script while debugging.

>>> LoadBarState failed - LoadBarState failed (with win32 exception!)
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python21\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\docview.py", line 91, in CreateNewFrame
wnd.LoadFrame(self.GetResourceID(), -1, None, context) # triggers OnCreateClient...
win32ui: LoadFrame failed

win32ui: CreateNewFrame() virtual handler (<method DocTemplate.CreateNewFrame of SyntEditTemplate instance at 00EF697C>) raised an exception
TypeError: PyCTemplate::CreateNewFrame must return a PyCFrameWnd object.
__init__.py(5): import win32api, sys

Cause

This is a bug with the Python and PythonWin application.

Solution or Workaround

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