FIX: Multiple Open Class Browsers Cause Error Message

ID: Q191875

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Opening multiple instances of the Class Browser or Component Gallery simultaneously in Visual FoxPro 6.0 may cause the following error message to occur:

OLE error code 0x80040154 : Class not registered. OLE object is being ignored. Record number 5.

However, you might get the following error message instead:

There is not enough memory to complete this operation.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

The amount of memory installed helps determine the number of open instances of Class Browser or Component Gallery allowed. This number may range from three instances up to 20 instances of Class Browser or Component Gallery before the preceding errors appear.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

From the Tools menu, choose Class Browser multiple times.

Eventually, one of the two errors occurs.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbservicepack kbMiscTools kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbXBase kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug