An Exception Occurs Accessing the Length Property of a Multi-Select List Box (244760)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q244760

SYMPTOMS

An Exception error occurs in Internet Explorer 5 if code in a Web page:
  1. Selects multiple items in a Select list.
  2. Removes an item.
  3. Accesses the length property of the Select list.

-or-

  1. Selects multiple items in a Select element on a HTML page.
  2. Removes one of those elements with a script.
  3. If the remaining elements still require scroll bars to appear in the Select element, the error occurs when the options.length property of the Select element is accessed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, upgrade to Internet Explorer 5.01. You can obtain Internet Explorer 5 from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/9/2003
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB244760
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