Article ID: 94217
Article Last Modified on 1/8/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q94217
SYMPTOMS
When you return a NULL in response to the VBM_GETPROPERTY message for a custom property of data type HLSTR, a General Protection (GP) fault or Unrecoverable Application Error (UAE) occurs.
Because of this problem, you cannot simply use the PF_fGetData flag with a custom property of data type HLSTR. What's more, you must use the PF_fGetMsg flag to ensure that the value of the property is never set to NULL. This information is taken from the CDK.TXT file provided with Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition version 2.0 for Windows.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition version 2.0 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows.
MORE INFORMATION
Below is the information provided in the CDK.TXT file:
DT-HLSTR Properties and PF_fGetData
DT_HLSTR properties cannot use PF_fGetData by itself. They must also use PF_fGetMsg to avoid returning a NULL hlstr. See the MyTag property in the PIX example (PIX.C) for a guide for how to properly declare a HLSTR property and process the VBM_GETPROPERTY message.
Additional query words: 2.00 3.00 buglist2.00 fixlist3.00
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB94217
