BUG: (CDK) Cannot Use an Underscore in a Custom Event Name (126221)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q126221 SYMPTOMS
A custom Event containing an underscore character (_) as part of the
Event's name will not fire, and it produces duplicate code in the Microsoft
Visual Basic Development Environment.
Also, if code is placed in the custom event that has an underscore in its
name, a duplicate of the event code will appear in the general section of
the IDE.
CAUSE
If an underscore is present in an event's name, the return value from a
call to VBFireEvent will be Zero, but the custom event will not be
triggered in Visual Basic. This is because the underscore prevents Visual
Basic from finding the name of the event in the event list.
The reason for the duplicate code is that Visual Basic is unable to match
the code with the event for that control due to the underscore in the event
name.
WORKAROUND
Do not use the underscore character as part of the name of a custom event.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/18/2003 |
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Keywords: | kbbug KB126221 |
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