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BUG: IntelliSense May Indicate That Optional Parameters Are Required

Article ID: 190764

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2005

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q190764

SYMPTOMS

When typing script in Source view, the tooltip Parameter Info shown for a function may indicate that one or more parameters are required when actually they are optional.

CAUSE

This is caused by a limitation in the way the OLE TypeInfo for the IntelliSense features are implemented.

RESOLUTION

The documentation correctly indicates optional and required parameters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open an .htm or .asp page into Source view.
Drag a Listbox Design-time control (DTC) from the toolbox into the document.
Create a script block.
In the script block, type this:
Listbox1.getValue(

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