DOCUMENT:Q182152  09-MAR-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: StillExecuting Property Returns Incorrect Value
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VBKBCtrl VBKBInet kberrmsg

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When attempting to compare the StillExecuting property with True, the
comparison may fail even though the Microsoft Internet Transfer control is
still executing its last Execute Method. This may result in the error:

   Run-time error 35764
   Still executing last request.

CAUSE
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When the Internet Transfer Control is executing, the StillExecuting
property has the incorrect value of 1 instead of the correct value of -1.

RESOLUTION
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Compare the StillExecuting property against a value other than False (0).

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.

MORE INFORMATION
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In Visual Basic, True equates to -1 and False equates to 0.

When the Internet Transfer Control is executing, comparing the
StillExecuting property with True fails. An alternative is to compare
StillExecuting to any value other than False (0).

When the Internet Transfer Control is not executing, the StillExecuting
property has the correct value of 0 (False).

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add the Microsoft Internet Transfer Control (Inet1) Form1.

3. Add a CommandButton (Command1) to Form1.

4. Insert the following code into the General Declarations section of
   Form1:

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
        Inet1.URL = "http://www.microsoft.com"
        Inet1.Execute , "GET"
        Do While Inet1.StillExecuting = True
          DoEvents
        Loop
        Inet1.Execute , "GET"
      End Sub

5. Run the program. When you click on Command1, you receive the error:

      Run-time error 35764
      Still executing last request.

To work around the problem, do not compare StillExecuting to True. Instead,
change the Do While condition to simply check for a non-zero value:

     Do While Inet1.StillExecuting

NOTE: This comparison will succeed where StillExecuting is 1, -1, or any
value other than 0 (False). If the value of StillExecuting is compared
against an explicit value such as 1, and this code is run with future
versions of the control where the bug is fixed, the comparison may fail.

REFERENCES
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Visual Basic 5.0 Help file topic: "Internet Transfer Control"
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Keywords          : vb5all VBKBCtrl VBKBInet kberrmsg
Technology        : internet
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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