FIX: Application Error Using Implements on Hyperlink Object

ID: Q171823

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

If you use the code "Implements Hyperlink" and then try to access the NavigateTo method of the Hyperlink object in the code window, you will get an Application error.

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:

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

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run Visual Basic or, if Visual Basic is already running, choose New Project from the File menu (ALT, F, N). Form1 is created by default.

Add the statement "Implements Hyperlink" to the code window.

Select Hyperlink from the object list of the code window.

Select NavigateTo from the Declarations list for Hyperlink object. Note that you should receive an application error.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug