DOCUMENT:Q191214  11-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Error Message When Not Breaking Binary Compatibility
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbVBp600bug kbCompiler kberrmsg

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you compile a project, Visual Basic raises a warning dialog box about
Binary Compatibility being broken if there has been a change in an
interface. The dialog box gives the choice to accept the changes (and break
compatibility with older versions) or to cancel the compile (and ensure
that compatibility is kept).

When canceling the compile to keep Binary Compatibility, the following
error message may appear:

   Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that
   could not be found.

RESOLUTION
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This is an erroneous message and can be ignored.

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.

REFERENCES
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For more information on Binary Compatibility search for "Maintaining Binary
Compatibility" in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library.

Additional query words:
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Keywords          : kbVBp600bug kbCompiler kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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