Text Not Highlighted Copying Immediate Window to Clipboard

ID Number: Q75762

1.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

When you copy text from the Immediate window to the Windows system

clipboard, the selected text is not highlighted. Also, the cursor is

not visible. However, the copy operation works as it should.

This information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic programming system

version 1.0 for windows.

Microsoft has confirmed this problem in Microsoft Visual Basic

programming system version 1.0 for Windows. We are researching this

problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

More Information:

To reproduce the problem, perform the following steps:

1. Run the Windows Clipboard utility. (Usually found in the Windows

MAIN group window).

2. Run Visual Basic.

3. Press F5 to start Visual Basic.

4. Press CTRL+BREAK to bring up the Immediate window.

5. Press F5 to continue.

6. Click on the Immediate window to give it the focus.

7. Press CTRL+HOME to move to the beginning of the text in the

Immediate window.

8. Press SHIFT+CTRL+END (this selects all text in the Immediate

window. Note that you cannot select text with the Mouse at this

point).

9. Press CTRL+INS (this copies the selected text in the Immediate

window to the Windows clipboard).

The text transfers to the Windows clipboard as it should, but the text

in the Immediate window is not highlighted as it should be. The cursor

is also not visible.

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