ID Number: Q73700
1.00
WINDOWS
buglist1.00
Summary:
TAB characters may Paste (from the Windows Clipboard) incorrectly into
the Immediate Window in Microsoft Visual Basic version 1.0. (TAB
characters may incorrectly Paste as pipe [|] symbols.)
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual Basic
programming system version 1.00 for Windows. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.
More Information:
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. From Windows 3.0, run NOTEPAD.EXE and enter the following text:
a <TAB> a
This will be displayed in the following format:
a a
2. Select the text with the mouse and choose Copy from Notepad's
Edit menu to copy the text to the Windows Clipboard.
3. Start Visual Basic and press F5 to run the blank program (or from
the Run menu, choose Start).
4. Break the program by pressing CTRL+BREAK, then click the mouse on
the Immediate Window.
5. Press SHIFT+INSERT to enter the selected text into the Immediate
Window. Observe that the Immediate Window incorrectly displays the
following text:
a|a
instead of displaying the following:
a a
6. If you end the program (by choosing the End command from the Run
menu), you will be able to successfully paste (SHIFT+INSERT) the
correct text into any code window:
a a
Additional reference words: 1.00 3.00