BUG: OLEcont MSDN Sample Does Not Allow a SaveAs Cancel (190199)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q190199

SYMPTOMS

When using the Microsoft Visual Basic sample application OLECont, the following error may occur:

Path/File access error

This error occurs when the sample application is run and the user clicks Cancel when attempting to use Save As from the File menu of the sample application.

CAUSE

The CancelError property of the CommonDialog is not set to True. Therefore, the run-time error is executed.

RESOLUTION

To allow the Common Dialog control to be cancelled during a Save, the CancelError property of the CommonDialog should be set to True. The following line of code allows the Cancel button to function correctly:

   ParentForm.ActiveForm.CommonDialog1.CancelError = True

The line of code above should be entered into the OpenSave subroutine in the ModOLECont module immediately below the following lines of the subroutine, as follows:

   Sub OpenSave(Action as String)
      Dim Filenum
      Filenum = FreeFile
      'Insert line here to resolve Cancel button for CommonDialog1
      ParentForm.ActiveForm.CommonDialog1.CancelError = True

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

Start Microsoft Visual Basic, and open the OLECont sample project. This project should be located in the following directory:
\Microsoft Visual Studio\MSDN98\98VS\1033\Samples\Vb98\Olecnt
NOTE: The path to the directory may vary depending on where Visual Basic has been installed.
From the Run menu, click Start once the project has been opened.
From the File menu, click New in the running application.
For Object Type, select Bitmap Image, and then click Ok.
From the File menu, click Save As in the running application.
In the Save As dialog, click Cancel.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/13/2003
Keywords:	kbbug KB190199