BUG: Error When Data Control Is Set to a Wrong Text Database

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

A 16-bit Visual Basic for Windows version 4.0 program containing a Data control with a Connect property set to Text and the DatabaseName property set to a non-text database generates an application error when run. The application error displays the message - VB caused a General Protection Fault in module VB.EXE at 003F:2106. Choose close. VB will close.

A 32-bit Visual Basic for Windows version 4.0 program with the same control set to the same property displays the error message - Couldn't find object.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this issue and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following instructions reproduce the behavior in the 16-bit version of Visual Basic:

1. Start 16-bit Visual Basic 4.0. If it is already running, on the File menu, click New Project.

2. Add a data control to the Form1 form and set the Connect property to Text. Set the DatabaseName property to a non-text database, such as an Access or DBaseIV database.

3. On the Run menu, click Start, or press F5. An application error occurs displaying the error message - VB caused a General Protection Fault in module VB.EXE at 003F:2106. Choose close. VB will close.