DOCUMENT:Q171503  03-SEP-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FIX: Memory Leak When Setting the ForeColor of VB5 Object
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and
   Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Setting the ForeColor property of an object (such as a form or a
PictureBox) at design-time to a color other than a system-defined color (a
color that starts with &h8), causes memory leak in the GDI resources when
the object is shown or hidden. This problem does not occur if the property
is set during run-time.

RESOLUTION
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The workaround for this bug is to obtain Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 or
leave/set the initial ForeColor property for the object to a system-defined
color at design-time and set the desired ForeColor of the object at run-
time. For example, the ForeColor property could be set to the desired color
in the Form_Load event.

STATUS
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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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2
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Keywords          : vb5all VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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