ID Number: Q73800
1.00
WINDOWS
Summary:
The following information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic
programming system version 1.0 for Windows.
The Properties Bar entry window was not designed to handle the Edit
menu commands (such as Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo) when chosen with
the mouse. The Edit menu commands affect the controls on the form,
not the Properties Bar entry window (even if you first select text in
the Properties Bar entry window before choosing the Edit menu with the
mouse).
Instead of choosing Edit commands with the mouse, you can select the
desired text in the Properties Bar entry window and use the Edit
shortcut keys, as follows:
Command Shortcut Keys
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Cut SHIFT+DELETE
Copy CTRL+INSERT
Paste SHIFT+INSERT
Undo ALT+BACKSPACE
(NUM LOCK needs to be off if you select the DELETE or INSERT key
from the numeric keypad.)
More Information:
Example: Edit Menu Cannot Affect Properties Bar Entry Window
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1. Start Visual Basic.
2. From the File menu, choose New Project.
3. Double-click on a label box from the Toolbox (symbolized by a
capital A in script). This should display a label box on the
form.
4. With the mouse, select the text fragment "Lab" from the "Label1"
Caption in the Properties Bar entry window, and choose Copy from
the Edit menu.
Note: While you may have thought you just copied "Lab" into the
Clipboard, you actually copied the entire Label1 control (from
the form) into the Clipboard. Clicking the Edit menu anywhere
outside the Properties Bar entry window causes the focus to
revert back to the Label1 control on the form.
5. Click on the "Form1" text appearing in the Properties Bar entry
window to set the focus there.
6. From the Edit menu, choose Paste (again, clicking the Edit menu or
anywhere outside the Properties Bar entry window causes the focus to
revert back to the Label1 control on the form.) This causes the
following message box:
"You already have a control named 'Label1'. Do you want to
create a control array?".
Select either the Yes or No command button. Notice that
another copy of the Label1 box will appear in the upper left
corner of the form.
Instead of choosing Edit commands with the mouse, you can select the
desired text in the Properties Bar entry window and use the Edit
shortcut keys. For example, you can select text in the Properties Bar
entry window, then press CTRL+INSERT (while NUM LOCK is off) to copy
text to the Clipboard. You can press SHIFT+INSERT to paste Clipboard
text into the Properties Bar entry window. You can press ALT+BACKSPACE
to Undo a Cut, Copy, or Paste.
Additional reference words: 1.00