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Q187922: PRB: Passing a UDT To Or From an ActiveX EXE May Fail on NT

Article: Q187922
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbAutomation kbOSWinNT400 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 13-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Visual Basic 6.0, user-defined types (UDTs) can be arguments or return types
of public properties or methods. Trying to pass or receive a UDT using an
ActiveX EXE (out of process server)on NT 4.0 will fail if Service Pack 4 for NT
4.0 is not installed.

RESOLUTION
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Install Service Pack 4 for NT 4.0.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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When running a client application that receives or returns a UDT to an ActiveX
EXE on NT 4.0 without Service Pack 4, one of the following will occur:

- The ActiveX EXE is running in debug mode in the Visual Basic IDE. When a
  client tries to create the server that is running in the IDE you will receive
  the following error:

  Run-time error '458':
  Variable uses an Automation type not supported in Visual Basic.

  -or-

- The ActiveX EXE is running as a compiled exe. When a client tries to create
  the server, the client application hangs.

REFERENCES
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For additional information on passing or receiving UDTs with ActiveX code
components, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q185700 : HOWTO: Remote User-Defined Types

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbOSWinNT400 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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