BUG: Set Keyword with ParamArray Causes Type Mismatch Error

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

SYMPTOMS

When the Set keyword is used to place a value in a ParamArray, the following run-time error occurs:

   Run-time error '13':
   Type mismatch

RESOLUTION

There are no known workarounds at this time.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add the following code to Form1:

         Private Sub Form_Load()
            Dim x
            f x
         End Sub
   
         Public Sub f(ParamArray p())
            Dim x
            Set x = New Collection
            Set p(0) = x          '<--- The error occurs on this statement
         End Sub
   
   

3. Run the project, and note that you receive the run-time error on the line indicated above.

Keywords          : vb5all VBKBVB
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug