FIX: Crash When Compiling a Call to a UserControl Function
Article ID: 171839
Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q171839
SYMPTOMS
When compiling code that calls a function in a UserControl that accepts a
ParamArray as an argument, Visual Basic may crash with an error similar to
the following;
"VB5 caused an invalid page fault in module VBA5.DLL at <address>"
CAUSE
If the values passed to the ParamArray argument are empty or null, Visual
Basic 5.0 will crash.
STATUS
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:
170365 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:
171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvbp500sp2fix kbvs97sp2fix KB171839