FIX: Class Builder Reports Property Procedures as Variants (179496)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q179496

SYMPTOMS

A class module containing property procedures that return data types other than variants are shown in the Class Builder Utility as returning Variant data types.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs in the following situations:

  • The class module contains a method that returns a Variant data type. -or-

  • A property procedure of a data type other than Variant is declared after a method that returns a Variant data type.

RESOLUTION

Move all property procedures and functions that return a Variant data type to the end of the class module.

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 Basic 6.0.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/18/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB179496
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