Re: *weird* overflow error *after* API call; call works OK, but later simple steps fail

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From: Bob Butler (tiredofit_at_nospam.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 06:19:18 -0700

"Philip Warner" <pjw@rhyme.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have a VB application that makes a API call, returns OK, but which
> then fails to do simple VBA-related actions:
>
> Private Function DoGetEntity(Info As PAN_CtlGetEntityInfo) As Long
> Dim qqq As Double
> qqq = 2
> qqq = qqq / 2
> DoGetEntity = SendMessage(myCtl, PM_CTLGETENTITY, 0, Info)

you need to post the declare for the sendmessage API and the declarations
for the constant and variables involved. Chances are that you have
something wrong but without specifics nobody can tell you what that is. 

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