FIX: Get Statement Not Working Correctly with Large UDT

 Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
Article ID: Q171495
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Reading string data using the Get statement into extremely large User Defined Types (UDTs) may cause a data mismatch.

CAUSE

There is an error in the Ansi/Unicode translation of string data in the UDT.

STATUS

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 Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

If you have an extremely large UDT, reading valid data into it using the Get statement may be compromised due to an Ansi/Unicode translation error.

This error occurs when reading in the UDT and translating it from Ansi to Unicode.

In order for this bug to occur, the UDT is usually very large, most likely containing many nested levels and arrays. 

Keywords          : vb5all VS97FixlistSP3 VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
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