Environment
Reflection Desktop (including Pro, for IBM, or for UNIX and OpenVMS) 16.0 or higher
Reflection 2014
Reflection Pro 2014
Reflection for IBM 2014
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2014
Reflection for IBM 2011
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2011
Reflection Standard Suite 2011
Reflection 2014
Reflection Pro 2014
Reflection for IBM 2014
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2014
Reflection for IBM 2011
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2011
Reflection Standard Suite 2011
Situation
If the ProjectLegacy macro method for Session.Caption = "" (set to blank string) in a legacy VBA macro this will cause an Unhandled Exception error of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" to occur when clicking on "Document Settings". If the string is not blank and an actual value is set, the problem does not occur. This problem occurs in both Unix and OpenVMS and IBM sessions.
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System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.UI.SettingsForm.CreatePath(XmlNode curNode)
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.UI.SettingsForm.AddToMap(XmlElement curElem, Object obj)
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.UI.SettingsForm.GenerateBreadcrumbsXml()
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.UI.SettingsForm.ShowSettings(Boolean global, DocumentView documentView, SettingsInfo settingsInfo, Boolean reload)
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.UI.SettingsForm.ShowDocumentSettings(DocumentView documentView, SettingsInfo settingsInfo, Int32 sectionIndex)
at Attachmate.Reflection.Core.Settings.SettingsManager.LaunchSettingsUI(String settingsInfoId, DocumentView docView, Int32 sectionIndex)
at Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.Actions.EmulationSettingsAction._Execute()
at Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.Actions.EmulationSettingsAction.Execute(Object source, EventArgs e)
at Attachmate.Patterns.Action.ExecuteSecure(Object source, EventArgs e)
at Attachmate.UIFramework.Controls.WinForms.DotNetClassicLibrary.DotNetClassicMenuItem._button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Resolution
Upgrade to Reflection Desktop 16.0 SP1 HF18 or higher. (16.0.506)
In the upgraded version of Reflection Desktop, if the VT or IBM session caption is set to an empty or blank string, then the .Caption method it will be ignored and will use the previous caption value provided.
Make sure Session.Caption= is not "" (set to blank or empty string) in the legacy VBA macro.
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