BUG: Use of 16-bit Client & DAO Object Causes Error '8002802b' (149035)

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Steps To Reproduce Issue

1. Create a minimal OLE server and a client that accesses the OLE server. To obtain step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish this functionality, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   129801 How to Create and Use a Minimal OLE Automation Server

   For clarity purposes, the following steps assume a client and server created from the article referenced above. However, these steps can be implemented in any client and server to see the behavior described in this article.
2. Add this function to the class module in the server project:

         Public Function GetDB() As Object
            Set GetDB = OpenDatabase("Biblio.mdb")
         End Function
   						

3. Press F5 or click Start on the Run menu to run the server application.
4. Change the Form_Click event in the client application to contain this code:

         Private Sub Form_Click()
            Dim x As Object
            Dim db As Database
            Dim rs As Recordset
   
            Set x = CreateObject("Project1.Class1")
            Set db = x.GetDB
            Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("Authors")
         End Sub
   						

5. Press F5 or click Start on the Run menu to run the client application. Click on the form to execute the code added in step 4. The client returns the above mentioned error on the line calling the GetDB method of the server. If you change the declare for the db variable from "As Database" to "As Object" this line executes successfully. However, the next line fails with the same error, as the rs variable is declared "As Recordset." Changing the rs variable to "As Object" corrects this problem and the code runs to completion correctly.