BUG: Incorrect Error Returned With FileSystem.GetAttr

• Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When an invalid pathname is passed as a parameter to the GetAttr method of the FileSystem control, the following error message may occur:

   -2147024713 - "Cannot create a file when that file already exists"

STATUS

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

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a FileSystem control and a CommandButton to Form1.

3. Add the following code to Form1:

          Option Explicit
   

          Private Sub Command1_Click()
              On Error Resume Next
              FileSystem1.GetAttr ("\\")
              MsgBox Err.Description, , Err.Number
          End Sub
   
   

4. Press the F5 key to run the project, and note that the error number mentioned above is given without error description.

Keywords          : vb5all vbce kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending