PRB: Compile Error when Declaring MSVSAEventSourceInstaller

ID: Q242867

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When compiling a Visual Basic project that accesses the Visual Studio Analyzer programming interfaces, the following error may occur:

Compiler error:
Expected user-defined type, not project


CAUSE

The project contains references to both the automatable (Visual Basic and Visual J++) and non-automatable (Visual C++) interfaces.


RESOLUTION

Remove the references to the non-automatable interfaces from Project References.


MORE INFORMATION

To access the Visual Studio Analyzer programming interfaces from within Visual Basic, you need to add two type library references to your Visual Basic project. Once you add the type library references, you can access the methods within the programming interfaces using the Object Browser.

The following libraries are provided for use with Visual Basic:

  • MSVSA Automatable Event Source Installer 1.0 Type Library


  • MSVSA Automatable Inproc Event Creator 1.0 Type Library


The following libraries are provided for use with Visual C++ and should not be referenced in a Visual Basic project:
  • MSVSA Event Source Installer 1.0 Type Library


  • MSVSA Inproc Event Creator 1.0 Type Library


Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a Visual Basic project of type ActiveX DLL.


  2. Add references for both the MSVSA Automatable Event Source Installer 1.0 Type Library and the MSVSA Event Source Installer 1.0 Type Library.


  3. Declare an object as follows:


    4. 
Dim mESI As MSVSAEventSourceInstaller
  4. Save the project.


  5. Make the DLL.


NOTE: The same error occurs for all Visual Basic project types.


REFERENCES

For more information, see the following in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library:

Visual Studio 6.0 Documentation; Visual Studio Documentation; Component, Design and Analysis Tools; Visual Studio Analyzer Reference; Visual Studio Analyzer Concepts; Extending Visual Studio Analyzer; Guidelines for Customizing Your Application
Visual Studio 6.0 Documentation; Visual Studio Documentation; Component, Design and Analysis Tools; Visual Studio Analyzer Reference; Visual Studio Analyzer Language Reference

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbEEdition kbVBp600 kbVisAnalyzer kbVS600 kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: January 11, 2000
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