BUG: SSCommand Button Loses Focus Rectangle

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When an SSCommand button exists on a form with other controls that are also provided by the Sheridan 3D Control OCX (THREED16.OCX or THREED32.OCX), the SSCommand button may not always display a focus rectangle to indicate that it has the focus. This problem occurs when the SSCommand button has both its Default property set to True and has a picture set in its Picture property.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, issue a refresh to the SSCommand button when it receives the focus. To implement this fix, insert the following code into the project, changing the control name to reflect the name of the SSCommand button used in the project:

   Private Sub SSCommand1_GotFocus()
       SSCommand1.Refresh
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Visual Basic 4.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a single SSCommand button to the form. Also add an SSCheck check box. If these controls do not appear in the toolbox, select Custom Controls from the References menu and include the 'Sheridan 3D Controls'.

3. Change these properties of the SSCommand button (be sure to change the file reference to the bitmap to reflect your VB installation):

      Default:    True
      Picture:    C:\VB4\BITMAPS\ASSORTED\BELL.BMP
   
   

4. Press F5 or select Start from the Run menu to run the application. Tab back and forth between the controls and see that the SSCommand does not show a dotted outline to indicate when it has the focus.