mib17: #162980# Force Broadcast in StepIS for SbxEmpty

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/basic/source/runtime/step0.cxx b/basic/source/runtime/step0.cxx
index 1d9333ff7555..bdbb22678bf3 100644
--- a/basic/source/runtime/step0.cxx
+++ b/basic/source/runtime/step0.cxx
@@ -312,9 +312,21 @@ void SbiRuntime::StepIS()
 {
     SbxVariableRef refVar1 = PopVar();
     SbxVariableRef refVar2 = PopVar();
-    BOOL bRes = BOOL(
-        refVar1->GetType() == SbxOBJECT
-     && refVar2->GetType() == SbxOBJECT );
+
+    SbxDataType eType1 = refVar1->GetType();
+    SbxDataType eType2 = refVar2->GetType();
+    if ( eType1 == SbxEMPTY )
+    {
+        refVar1->Broadcast( SBX_HINT_DATAWANTED );
+        eType1 = refVar1->GetType();
+    }
+    if ( eType2 == SbxEMPTY )
+    {
+        refVar2->Broadcast( SBX_HINT_DATAWANTED );
+        eType2 = refVar2->GetType();
+    }
+
+    BOOL bRes = BOOL( eType1 == SbxOBJECT && eType2 == SbxOBJECT );
     if ( bVBAEnabled  && !bRes )
         Error( SbERR_INVALID_USAGE_OBJECT );
     bRes = ( bRes && refVar1->GetObject() == refVar2->GetObject() );