ACC97: "Property Cannot Be Set" Error Using Rich Text Control (199722)

SYMPTOMS

When you use a bound rich text box ActiveX control in a report and try to preview the report, you may receive the following error message:

Property cannot be set.

However, you can still preview and print the report.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
Create a new report based on the Employees table and open it in Design view.
If the field list is not displayed, click Field List on the View menu.
Drag the following field names from the field list to the detail section of the report:
```
   EmployeeID
   LastName
   FirstName
					
```
On the Insert menu, click ActiveX control, and then click Microsoft Rich Text Box control, version 6.0.
Right-click the rich text box control, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
Set the ControlSource property of the rich text box control to Notes.
On the File menu, click Print Preview.

Note that you receive the error mentioned in the "Symptoms" section for each rich text box control on the report.