DOCUMENT:Q241932  20-JUL-2001  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: Run-Time Error 13 While Running VB DHTML Applications
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5,6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbMSHTML kbVBp600 kbGrpDSInet kbie500bug kbDSupport

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
 - Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) version 5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When running Visual Basic Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Projects on machines with
Internet Explorer 5 or later installed, the following error message appears:

   Run-time error '13':
   Type mismatch

This error occurs while calling PutProperty or GetProperty functions generated by
the default template of Visual Basic.

CAUSE
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The first parameter of the above two functions is of type HTMLDocument and
BaseWindow.Document cannot be passed to it.

RESOLUTION
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Change the first parameter of the PutProperty and the GetProperty declaration
objDocument As HTMLDocument to objDocument As Object. As in the following
example:

   Public Sub PutProperty(objDocument As Object, ....)


MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. On a computer with Internet Explorer 5 installed, run Visual Basic 6.

2. Select a new DHTML Application template.

3. On the default DHTMLPage designer (DHTMLPage1), add the following code in
   Document_onclick.

   PutProperty BaseWindow.Document, "SomeName", "SomeValue"

4. Run the application.

5. Click on the document.

REFERENCES
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For more information on developing Web-based solutions for Internet Explorer,
please see the following Web sites:

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/entry.asp

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

   http://support.microsoft.com/highlights/iep.asp?FR=0&SD=MSDN

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q190249 INFO: VB 6.0 Readme Part 9: DHTML Page Designer Issues

   Q190050 PRB: BuildFile Property of DHTML Application Is Missing


Additional query words: page designer putproperty getproperty

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Keywords          : kbMSHTML kbVBp600 kbGrpDSInet kbie500bug kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbIEsearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbSDKIESearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600 kbIE500Search kbSDKIE500
Version           : WINDOWS:5,6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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