FIX: ActiveX Document Menu Changing Places

 Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
Article ID: Q171830
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Menus for ActiveX Documents (.vbd) change location in IE 3.0x. When you first view the .vbd document in IE 3.0x and the menu is in one location, then select a new address to view from IE 3.0x. Now return to the original .vbd document and the menu for the .vbd document is in a different location in IE 3.0x.

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

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open IE3.0x.

  2. Open a local .vbd document that has a menu.

  3. Menu appears as a sub-menu to IE Help Menu.

  4. Go to another URL or .vbd and return. The menu appears on same level as the IE Help Menu. Note that the menu changes places after selecting a new address and returning to the original .vbd document. 
Keywords          : vb5all VS97FixlistSP3 VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Technology        : kbInetDev
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
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