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Q179496: FIX: Class Builder Reports Property Procedures as Variants

Article: Q179496
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- 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 
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SYMPTOMS
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A class module containing property procedures that return data types other than
variants are shown in the Class Builder Utility as returning Variant data types.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs in the following situations:

- The class module contains a method that returns a Variant data type.

-or-

- A property procedure of a data type other than Variant is declared after a
  method that returns a Variant data type.

RESOLUTION
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Move all property procedures and functions that return a Variant data type to
the end of the class module.

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 Basic 6.0.

Additional query words: kbVBp500bug kbVBp600fix kbVBp kbdss kbDSupport kbAddIn

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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