FIX: GPF/UAE w/ Stop Command in Event Procedure & Deleted Sub

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic programming system for Windows, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visual Basic version 2.0 for Windows, a General Protection (GP) fault or an Unrecoverable Application Error (UAE) occurs when you attempt to delete a Sub or Function when in break mode. This problem does not occur in Microsoft Visual Basic version 1.0 for Windows.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual Basic version 2.0 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

The following steps reproduce the problem:

1. Run Visual Basic, or if Visual Basic is already running choose New Project from the File menu (ALT, F, N). Form1 is created by default.

2. Enter one line of code into the Form_Load event procedure of Form1:

   Stop

3. In the general section enter the following procedure:

      Sub YourName ()
         '** no code is needed
      End Sub
   
   

4. From the Run menu, choose Start (ALT, R, S). After execution is stopped, go to the YourName procedure, highlight the entire Sub, and then delete it.

5. You will receive this error: "You will have to restart your program after this edit-proceed anyway?" Choose the OK button.

This problem occurs only when you delete the Sub or Function that you were viewing before you ran the program. If you had been viewing the Form_Load event instead of Sub YourName before running the above program, the problem would not have occurred.