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At 06 JAN 1998 03:15:06AM Mike Edkins wrote:

ViP Specific

I have found, when using ItemFind, that if the search is unsuccessful the result you get is 0 and not -1 as described in Help. Is this the case in all situations?

In the situation I am using this method I am using 0 as the start position and I am seaching a listbox.

At 06 JAN 1998 02:02PM John Averell Revelation wrote:

You have uncovered a porting bug. When ViP went from 16-bit to 32-bit, a return value should have been re-typed as long integer instead of short.

So, the bottom line is, instead of testing for failure if=-1, test for failure if <1. (You will never get a valid return <1 in any case.) Sorry for this problem.

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