FIX: C0000005 Fatal Error With This.Caption=This.Text In GotFocus

ID: Q221693

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

After adding a custom property named Text to a form and then using the code This.Caption = This.Text from a form method, you might receive the error:

Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new form.


  2. Add a new form property and name it "Text."


  3. In either the form's Activate or GotFocus event, paste the following code:


    4. 
ThisForm.Text = "Test Form"
ThisForm.Caption = ThisForm.Text
  4. Save and run the form.


  5. Close the form and run the form again if necessary to create the error.


Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbservicepack kbContainer kbCtrl kbOOP kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpFox 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999