FIX: DLLs Not Shown in the Add Reference...Browse Dialog Box

• Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions, 32-bit only, for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0
• Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In the Add References dialog box (on the Tools menu, select References, then select the Browse button), DLLs are not shown. This behavior occurs even if the Files of Type option includes "*.dll" and the All Files ("*.*") option is selected.

RESOLUTION

From the View menu in Windows Explorer, select Options. Then select the View tab, and choose the Show all Files button.

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 Basic 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The user can choose whether to view DLL files in Windows Explorer from the View menu, by selecting Options, selecting the View tab, and then choosing either the Show all Files button or the Hide Files of these types: button. If the latter is chosen, then system files are not displayed in Windows Explorer, and they are also not displayed in Common Dialogs invoked in applications such as the Add Reference dialog in Visual Basic.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Make sure the setting mentioned in the workaround above is set for Hide files of these types:.



2. In Visual Basic, from the Tools menu, select References, and choose the Browse button. DLL files are unavailable.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500bug kbVBp600fix kbVBp kbWinOS98 kbWinOS95 kbWinNT400 kbDLL

Keywords : kbDLL kbVBp kbVBp400bug kbVBp500bug kbVBp600fix kbWinOS95 kbWinOS98 kbGrpVB
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug