VB 6.0 - causes for run time error '6' overflow error

any ideas

Hi anitha,
According to the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q171837/
The cause of a runtime error '6' overflow error is as follows:
Visual Basic does not evaluate Byte data type correctly in the if expression when compiled to Native code with optimizations. 
Hope this helps.

hi anitha,
              calcualtions,choosing a proper datatype is really imp,otherwise it shows weird errors like this.Visual Basic  makes certain compile-time assumptions about the numerical types of intermediate results in mathematical expressions.
These assumptions can sometimes lead to an "overflow" error at run time.
Regards,
Suneetha

meaning that some number in the coding is too large for a Type to handle.
It's due to the usage of RTF forms/boxes in the application.
What versions of RTF are you using?
Versions:
RichEd20.dll --> 5.30.23.1221
RichEd32.dll --> 5.1.2600.0
RichTx32.ocx --> 6.1.97.82

meaning that some number in the coding is too large for a Type to handle.
(OR)
It's also due to the usage of RTF forms/boxes in the application.
What versions of RTF are you using?
Versions:
RichEd20.dll --> 5.30.23.1221
RichEd32.dll --> 5.1.2600.0
RichTx32.ocx --> 6.1.97.82

I think you're trying to select a number into a variable that can't handle it. The limit on an integer type variable is 32768. Use a Long or Double instead and that should solve your problem

Hi
You can solve your problem by error trapping
by which you can stop the program from closing with an error
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=146864
Hope this helps you out