PRB: Error Compiling VB5 Project Using LPVOID in Type Library

While compiling a Visual Basic 5.0 project in Visual Basic 6.0, if the Visual Basic 5.0 project uses a type library that has a function that returns a LPVOID or a structure that contains a LPVOID field, the following error occurs:

LPVOID is a Typedef to "void *." Visual Basic 6.0 is changed to explicitly prohibit the use of pointers in structures and as function return values.

Avoid using LPVOID as a field in a structure or as a return value in the type library. Instead, change them to type LONG respectively.

NOTE: Do not change the Typedef for LPVOID to LONG, because that would change the meaning of LPVOID in function parameters where it is valid and desirable.

This behavior is by design.