FIX: Error When You Pass Visual Basic Property Bag with a COM+ Component as ByVal (290510)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.0
This article was previously published under Q290510

SYMPTOMS

When you pass a Microsoft Visual Basic property bag with a COM+ component as ByVal, one of the following errors may occur:
Runtime Error 13 Type Mismatch

-or-

Runtime Error 5 Invalid procedure call or argument
This fails under Microsoft Windows 2000 if both components are in the same COM+ application, and ByVal is passed to the property bag as a string.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/8/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbDSupport kberrmsg kbWin2000PreSP2Fix kbWin2000SP2Fix KB290510
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