What does “Method '~' of object '~' failed” at runtime mean?

Question

I\'m trying to run a legacy VB6 application on my desktop (it doesn\'t have a user interface, being a command-line app), and when I do, I get a message box saying

Answer 1

I had this Problem for a While.

I looked for a Answer and This WebPage was Top of Search.

A Moment Ago.

I uninstalled Office 2000 Toolbar

Uninstalled Visual Basic 6 and Removed all But not MSDN

Reinstalled Visual Basic 6

But I always Had My Clipboard Logger Program in Visual Basic 6 was Running

and Found That Was The Error

Without that Running I don't Get the Error

Method of "~" Object "~" Failed

When Starting Visual Basic 6 IDE

After Running The Clipboard Code VB6 Program with Ctrl F5

Start With Full Compile

and Cured of Compile Errors in the Code

But Still With Problem Loading VB6 IDE

Until I Put - Option Explicit Through Whole Clipboard Code

Except One Module That was too Big to Complete Quickly

But Especially in the Class Module

That Had some Undeclared Variables

and Then That Cured It

That's My Personal Solution and Contribution to This Web Log

An Additional Update and Edit Here

After Reading the 3 Threads of This Subject One of Here about the Clipboard https://stackoverflow.com/a/8577499/5226365

and I spotted the Bug Again Testing Again

As This Is My Clipboard Code

and I was Annoyed at VB6 IDE Using the Clipboard at Load Especially When Carrying a Clipboard Into Code

and I made The Code Intercept the VB6 IDE Load of a Bitmap and Put back what was there Before

Now I have to Be More Considerate in my Code and Wait for the Splash Screen to Finish with "Findwindow"

I Think I solved That Now

I have got a Professionally Written ClipBoard Source Code that I Think Uses API

That I Hunted Down and Have Yet to USE

It Seems a Pain in My Code That I have to Search

For i = -30000 To 32000
    i2 =  Clipboard.GetFormat(i)
Next

To Test If False

For ClipBoard-ed Object's in the Form Designer

So they Don't Get Crippled or Interfere With My Code Program

My ClipBoard Program Code is the Only Long Lasting Program Left that I Run Always

For ClipBoards From the Internet Pages

and It Takes / Logs Clip's of Pictures BitMaps of Screenshots and Things Storing in Date and Time Files

I wish I Knew More about How to Get Drag and Drop Info Out

Hope This Helps

2015 Aug 14 8am-9am