FIX: RecomputeRepos: Won't Work with Database Created by UML.DLL

• Microsoft Visual Studio 97
• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

RecomputeRepository returns an error if it is run against a database created by the UML.DLL.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been fixed with in Visual Studio Service Pack 1.

For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

MORE INFORMATION

The engine has changed get_item for collections starting in Visual Studio Service Pack 1 so that items can only be retrieved using OBJID's, names and indexes. Previously the Repository allowed initids to be used. ReComputeRepository previously depended on this functionality. Now, the ReComputeRepository function uses OBJID's to get items.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Start a new Standard EXE project. Add MODULE1.BAS.

2. Type the following code into MODULE1.BAS:

         Declare Function ReComputeRepository Lib "RepUtil" (ByVal szPath _
         As String,  ByVal szUser As String, ByVal szPwd As String) As Long
   

         Sub Main()
   
            'change the following path to the windows location for
            'your machine
   
            Dim lngRet As Long
            sPath = "c:\WINDOWS\msapps\repository.mdb"
            lngRet = RecomputeRepository(sPath,"","")
            MsgBox "The return value is (" & lngRet & ")!"
   
         End Sub
   
   

3. Run the code.

• The return code is not 0.

• The return code be 0.

Keywords          : VS97FixlistSP2 VS97FixlistSP1 VB5FixlistSP2 vb5all VB5FixlistSP1 VS97FixlistSP3
Version           : 5.0 97
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack