FIX: Add-ins May Cause Menu Corruption When Exiting Visual Basic

 Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
Article ID: Q171508
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Menu corruption may occur in the Tools or Add-Ins menu.

CAUSE

An Add-in fails to delete its Commandbar upon exiting Visual Basic.

RESOLUTION

Install Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or delete the Add-in's Commandbar in the Add-in's IDTExtensibility_OnDisconnection Event.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

If you have an Add-in containing a Commandbar and you exit Visual Basic, it could possibly result in a corrupt menu system if the Add-in does not delete its Commandbar before Visual Basic exits. Specifically, the Tools or Add-in menus may become corrupt. For example, the Add Procedure, Procedure Attributes, and Menu Editor may be missing from the Tools menu.

This is caused by not properly deleting the Commandbar from the Add-in's Menu when the Add-in is removed (usually in the IDTExtensibility_OnDisconnection event).

This is not a common occurrence because the code to delete the Commandbar from the Add-in is automatically generated for you when you create a new Add-in project and is placed in the IDTExtensiblity_OnDisconnection event. This code should resemble the following: 

   'Delete the Commandbar entry
   mcbMenuCommandBar.Delete

Keywords          : vb5all VS97FixlistSP3 VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
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