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Q139301: FIX: C2664 Error w/Property Sheet Component Added to CDocument

Article: Q139301
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 4.0,4.1,4.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbMFC KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbVC410bug kbVC420bug kbVC500fix kbCompGallery kbGrpDSMFCAT
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you insert a modeless property sheet from the Property Sheet component in
the Component Gallery into a CDocument-derived class or other non-CWnd derived
class, the compiler generates this error:

  C2664:'Create' : cannot convert parameter 5 from 'class CDocDerivedClass
  *const' to 'class CWnd *' (new behavior; please see help).

CAUSE
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The modeless property sheet component placed in an application includes a
CMiniFrameWnd-derived class that actually contains the modeless property sheet.
When using the component, the application calls Create() on the
CMiniFrameWnd-derived class. This Create() requires a CWnd* to its parent window
as its fifth argument. The code generated for your application passes 'this' to
the Create() call. CDocument is not derived from CWnd; therefore, passing the
'this' pointer from the CDocument into the CMiniFrame::Create() function causes
the compiler error.

RESOLUTION
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Place the property sheet component into a class that is derived from CWnd.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. The problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.

Additional query words: kbVC400bug

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Keywords          : kbMFC KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbVC410bug kbVC420bug kbVC500fix kbCompGallery kbGrpDSMFCATL kbNoUpdate 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVC400 kbAudDeveloper kbVC410 kbVC420
Version           : :4.0,4.1,4.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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