FIX: EXE Crashes When For...Each Loop Iterates Through Array Returned by Property Get Procedure

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This article was previously published under Q223113

SYMPTOMS

When using a For...Each loop to iterate through an array that was returned from a Property Get procedure, you receive the following error message:

The instruction at "0x6610d3b1" referenced memory at "0x00131004". The memory could not be "read".

NOTE: The error occurs when the code is called from an EXE that was compiled to native code, but does not occur when called from an EXE that was compiled to p-code. The error does not occur when you execute the code in the Visual Basic IDE.

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RESOLUTION

You can work around the problem using one of the following alternative methods:

Compile the EXE to p-code.
Copy the result of the Property Get procedure to a dynamic array, and then use the dynamic array in the For...Each loop.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194022/EN-US/ ) INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194295/EN-US/ ) HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

In the code module for Form1, add the following code:

Private sSeasons() As String

Property Get SeasonsProp() As String()
    SeasonsProp = sSeasons
End Property

Private Sub Form_Initialize()
    ReDim sSeasons(3)
    sSeasons(0) = "Spring"
    sSeasons(1) = "Summer"
    sSeasons(2) = "Autumn"
    sSeasons(3) = "Winter"
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim x As Variant
    Dim fForm1 As Form1

    Set fForm1 = New Form1

    MsgBox "Before arrays"
    For Each x In fForm1.SeasonsProp
       MsgBox "Item: " + x
    Next
End Sub

Compile the EXE and run it.

You should see a message box that displays "Before arrays," and then you will receive the error message described in the SYMPTOMS section of this article. To fix the problem:
- Select "Compile to P-Code" on the Compile tab of the Project Properties, and then recompile.
  
  -or-
- Change the sample Form_Load event to the following:
  Private Sub Form_Load() Dim x As Variant Dim fForm1 As Form1 Dim sTemp() As String Set fForm1 = New Form1 sTemp = fForm1.SeasonsProp MsgBox "Before arrays" For Each x In sTemp MsgBox "Item: " + x Next End Sub

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