FIX: Causing a ListView Control to Paint Causes an IPF (171527)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows 5.0
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 Q171527

SYMPTOMS

When using a ListView control that has the Sorted property set to True, if any code is executed that results in a refresh or Paint of the ListView control, the following message will be displayed:

"<application> caused an invalid page fault in module COMCTL32.OCX at 0137:202c0ace"

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 Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where,and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new Standard EXE project.
Insert a ListView control onto Form1.

Add the following code to Form1:

      Private Sub Form_Click()
         ListView1.Sorted = True
         ListView1.ListItems.Add Text:="L"
         ListView1.ListItems.Add Text:="S"
         ListView1.ListItems.Add Text:="A"
         ListView1.ListItems.Add Text:="$"
         For Each x In ListView1.ListItems
            MsgBox x.Text
         Next x
      End Sub

Run the application by pressing the F5 key.
Click on the Form.

NOTE: This problem does not occur if the Sorted property is set to False.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/10/2003
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix kbvbp500sp2fix kbVS97sp2fix KB171527