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Q171538: FIX: Can’t Set Property on Interface That Has Attached Root

Article: Q171538
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVBDB
Last Modified: 13-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Repository will allow you to add an interface to the root object that has
both a property and a relationship. The Repository won't have problems if you
add a new relationship to the relationship collection. However, it won't allow
you to set the property.

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 3.

For more information, 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 3, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q175450 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Create an interface that has both a property and relationship.

2. Retrieve the root object's class object and add the interface.

3. Try to set a property from that interface after the TIM has been fully
  created.

  Note that in Visual Basic, an "Automation Error" occurs.

  In Visual C++, the following error message is returned:

  "Can't set property on repository TIM objects"

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVBDB 
Technology        : kbVSsearch kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB500 kbVS97 kbVS97Search
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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