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Q257783: FIX: Function with Numeric Label May Cause Crash

Article: Q257783
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you have a line of code that calls a function which returns a double data
type and that line of code is followed by a line of code with a numeric label,
you receive an Access Violation when you try to build the executable file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest
service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following
article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new ActiveX EXE project. Class1 is added by default.

2. Paste the following code into the code window of Class1:

  Option Explicit

  Public Sub Test()
    Debug.Assert (CDbl(Now) = 1.1)
  10:     MsgBox "Hey"
  End Sub

3. Save the project.

4. From the File menu, choose Make Project1.exe, and note that an Access
  Violation error occurs.

Additional query words: sp4

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Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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