ID Number: Q78773
1.00
WINDOWS
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Summary:
The mouse behaves unexpectedly under the following conditions:
1. A Visual Basic program is run from the environment (VB.EXE) or an
executable using the run-time module.
2. The program has a form that contains menus.
3. While holding a menu open with the left button, if you click the
right mouse button, the mouse selection appears to be inactivated.
4. Moving up or down the menu while maintaining the left button in the
down position causes no selection until you get several inches
below the pop-up (or pull-down) menu.
5. At that point, the mouse causes selection again from the remote
position.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with 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:
This problem occurs when running a Visual Basic program that has
menus. It requires a mouse with two buttons and has been reported with
both Microsoft and Logitech mice.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Run the Cardfile program that comes with Visual Basic in the
Samples subdirectory.
2. Put the mouse cursor on one of the menu labels and press the left
mouse button to activate it.
3. While continuing to hold down the left button, move the cursor to a
menu item within the pop-up menu; this will highlight the menu
item.
4. While holding the left button down, click the right button once.
The menu item should no longer be highlighted.
5. Move the mouse from the item you were selecting. Observe that the
mouse no longer activates submenus, and the menu does not retract.
6. Continue to move the mouse down from the menu. At some point, the
highlighting of the submenu items will be activated again.
7. Upon stopping on a submenu item and releasing the left button, that
menu command will execute.
Note: This behavior also occurs if you open a menu and, while holding
down the left button, you click the right button anywhere on the
screen.
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