strange: writing and right after that reading properties

[m.path]

i found a quite strange behaviour of visual basic, is that normal...?

if i set an object property to a value and read it out right after that i get an automation error.

' will cause an error
object.property = "..."
x = object.property

but if i put a message box between the lines everything works fine...

' works fine but bugs the user
object.property = "..."
msgbox ":-)"
x = object.property

why is that??? can i fix this problem without bugging the user with a message box? - ya know, a really often need to write and right after that read an objects property...


matthias path

[Sam Finch]

Try putting a DoeEvents instead of an MsgBox.

[S@NSIS]

Hi,
I just tried:

Command1.Caption = "text"
x = Command1.Caption

and it worked fine!

what properties are you setting that are causing this problem? (and with which object?)

Shaun

[m.path]

i's using the dhtmledit control with the following command:

DHTMLEdit1.DocumentHTML = "..."
x = DHTMLEdit1.DocumentHTML

by the way: another interesting thing is this command is working a first time but from then on it does not.

strange, huh?

[S@NSIS]

Hi,
I know whats happening now.. You are trying to read it's property before the DHTML page is ready. Try putting this in your code:

DHTMLEdit1.DocumentHTML = "..."
Do While DHTMLEdit1.Busy = True
    DoEvents
Loop
x = DHTMLEdit1.DocumentHTML

that should do the trick..

hope that helps,

Shaun