PRB: ActiveX Control Cannot Assign Run-Time Read-Only Property

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new ActiveX Control project in Visual Basic. UserControl1 is created by default.
2. Add a text box to UserControl1.
3. Copy the following code to the Code window of UserControl1:

         Option Explicit
         Property Let Multiline(b As Boolean)
            Text1.Multiline = b
         End Property
   
         Property Get Multiline() As Boolean
            Multiline = Text1.Multiline
         End Property
   						

4. Close UserControl1.
5. Add a Standard EXE project to the project group by completing the following steps:
   
   
   1. From the File Menu, click Add Project. The Add Project dialog box displays.
   2. Click Standard EXE and click Open to close the Add Project dialog box and open the Form1 form of the second project.
6. Add Usercontrol1 to Form1.
7. In the Properties window for the Usercontrol, attempt to set the MultiLine property to True and note that you receive the compile error described above.