Article: Q171836
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When viewing the properties of any public API function in the Object Browser,
Visual Basic 5.0 may crash.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service
Pack 2.
For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97
Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Open a new Standard EXE project.
2. Select menu Project | Add Module to add a new module (Module) to the project.
3. Paste the following code in the General Declarations section of Module1:
Public Declare Function GetVersion& Lib "kernel32"()
4. Press the F2 key to bring up the Object Browser.
5. Select Module1 in the left pane of the Object Browser.
6. Scroll down in the right pane of the Object Browser to "GetVersion".
7. Right Click on "GetVersion," and select "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
Note that Visual Basic may crash at this point.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbZNotKeyword3
Version : 5.0
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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