VB6 app gives run-time error 6 overflow

[imperialdata]

My VB6 app gives run-time error '6' overflow. It is simply passing results of several file searches to a listbox. It only crashes when hundreds of lines have been written to the listbox, performing fine if there are are not that many. Is there a limit to how many lines a listbox can handle?

How can I trap this error and see what is causing it?

[damasterjo]

you may have a variable set as a byte, then that variable if linked to the lines in the listbox would be overflowed at 255.

Check it out and change it to a long or integer or something, and no listboxes can go VERY FAR.

[bpd]

There is a limit of 32,767 items. Exceeding that limit will generate the error you mentioned.

[imperialdata]

Will check out the variables.

What constitutes an 'item' in a listbox?

[bpd]

What constitutes an 'item' in a listbox?

Umm, an entry that was added using the AddItem method.

[imperialdata]

Daft question I suppose but was surprised to learn you could have 32,767 single characters or 32,767 large strings

[|2eM!x]

My VB6 app gives run-time error '6' overflow. It is simply passing results of several file searches to a listbox. It only crashes when hundreds of lines have been written to the listbox, performing fine if there are are not that many. Is there a limit to how many lines a listbox can handle?

How can I trap this error and see what is causing it?

Use the listview control instead

[imperialdata]

Can you explain why it's better Remix?

[MartinLiss]

Can you explain why it's better Remix?

It's a more robust control in that you can have more than 32,767 items and, if you need them you can have functional multiple columns and column headers, etc.