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DOCFIX: Error in Sample Code for Async Downloading of Property

Article ID: 172862

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003


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SUMMARY

The Visual Basic 5.0 Books Online topic entitled "Adding internet features to controls" contains an error in the PictureFromURL Property Let procedure.

MORE INFORMATION

If you run the sample code, you may receive the compile error "Variable not defined" or run-time error 424 "Object Required".

The compile error results from the following line of code in the PictureFromURL Property Let procedure:
   If (AmbientProperties.UserMode = True) _
         And (NewString <> "") Then
				
This line of code should read as follows:
   If (UserControl.Ambient.UserMode = True) _
         And (NewString <> "") Then
				
The Ambient property of a UserControl returns an AmbientProperties object that holds the ambient properties of its container.

STATUS

This documentation error has been fixed in Visual Basic 6.0.

Additional query words: asynchronous kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbdocerr kbdocfix

Keywords: KB172862