DOCUMENT:Q179496  19-JAN-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Class Builder Reports Property Procedures as Variants
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VBKBObj VBKBVB

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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A class module containing property procedures that return data types other
than variants are shown in the Class Builder Utility as returning Variant
data types.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs in the following situations:

 - The class module contains a method that returns a Variant data type.

   -or-

 - A property procedure of a data type other than Variant is declared after
   a method that returns a Variant data type.

RESOLUTION
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Move all property procedures and functions that return a Variant data type
to the end of the class module.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
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Keywords          : vb5all VBKBObj VBKBVB
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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