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Q271664: BUG: Events with Names Containing Underscore Not Received in VB

Article: Q271664
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbActiveX kbActivexEvents kbCOMt kbide kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A custom event containing an underscore character ( _ ) as part of the event's
name is not received in a Visual Basic event handler. The Visual Basic
integrated development environment (IDE) generates code for the event handler in
the general section of the IDE and not for the object.

CAUSE
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This is due to a limitation in the Visual Basic event processing code.

RESOLUTION
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Do not use the underscore character as part of the name of a custom event.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbActiveX kbActivexEvents kbCOMt kbide kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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