FIX: Statement Builder Can Cause the Object Browser to Crash

ID: Q171832

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

Using Ctrl-Shift-J to bring up the Statement Builder sometimes causes a crash under circumstances where the typelib being referenced has become disconnected. This is a sporadic bug, and not easily reproduced.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, install Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

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

Additional query words:

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