FIX: Bad Filename or Number with Get of UDT

• Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

An error occurs when reading fixed-length strings into a 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

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 5.0.

2. Add a new module to the project.

3. Inside this module, cut and paste the following code:

         Option Explicit
   

         Type config_rec
           cnf_sync_byte As Integer
           cnf_sysout    As String * 8
           cnf_mode      As String * 8
           cnf_period    As Integer
           cnf_cmp_print As Integer
           cnf_version   As String * 7
           cnf_prog_id   As Integer
           cnf_cond_code As Integer
           cnf_parity    As Integer
         End Type
   
         Sub TestFile(Config As config_rec)
   
           Dim FileNum As Integer
           Dim cnfgfile As String
   
           FileNum = FreeFile
   
           cnfgfile = "Test.Dat"
   
           On Error GoTo WriteErrHandler
   
           Open cnfgfile For Binary As FileNum
           Put #FileNum, 1, Config
           Close #FileNum
   
           Open cnfgfile For Binary Access Read As FileNum
           Get #FileNum, 1, Config
   
           Close #FileNum
   
           Exit Sub
   
           WriteErrHandler:
               MsgBox "Error : " & Err & " (" & Error & ")"
   
         End Sub
   
   

4. Add a CommandButton to Form1.

5. In the CommandButton's click event, add the following code:

         Dim Config As config_rec
         TestFile Config
   

6. Save and run project. There will be an error, and a MsgBox will pop up with the error number (52) and message (Bad File Name Or File Number).

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