Q190251: BUG: Option Explicit Statement is Not Added by a DHTML Page

Article: Q190251
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbInternet kbPageDesigner kbVBp600bug
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The DHTML Page Designer does not add an Option Explicit statement to code by
default. With this statement, Visual Basic requires you to declare variables
before you use them.

RESOLUTION
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To add Option Explicit to your DHTML Page Designer pages:

1. Right-click on DHTML page in the Visual Basic Project window.

2. Select View Code from the pop-up menu.

3. Insert the text "Option Explicit" as the very first line.

4. Repeat this process for all DHTML pages in the project and every time you
  create a new DHTML page.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

REFERENCES
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Please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information
on the DHTML Page Designer:

  Q190249 INFO: VB 6.0 Readme Part 9: DHTML Page Designer Issues

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbInternet kbPageDesigner kbVBp600bug 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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