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Q171510: FIX: Setting Font Property Causes Error 438 with RichTextBox

Article: Q171510
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.0 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When using the RichTextBox control (richtx32.ocx), setting the Font property
will cause the following message to be displayed:

  Run-time error '438':
  Object doesn't support this property or method

This behavior occurs when a RichTextBox is placed on a form using the RichTextBox
Control (RICHTX32.OCX) that comes with Visual Basic 4.0 and subsequently
executed after the RICHTX32.OCX file has been upgraded to the one that shipped
with Visual Basic 5.0.

STATUS
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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:

  Q170365 : 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:

  Q171554 : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. On a Visual Basic 4.0 development machine, create a new project.

2. Insert a RichTextBox control onto the default form.

3. In the Form's code window add the following code:

        Private Sub Form_Load()
           RichTextBox1.Font="fixedsys"
        End Sub

4. Compile the project into an EXE.

5. Take this EXE to a machine that has Visual Basic 5.0 and run the application.


Additional query words: kbDSupport

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 4.0 5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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