BUG: Top Level Menu Items Do Not Generate Click Events

• Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The Click event is not fired when a top-level menu item is clicked. Note that this is only true for the top-level menu items. Any code that is placed in this event will not be executed and will need to be placed in another event.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Right-click on Form1, and select the Menu Editor from the shortcut menu.

3. Change the following properties:

         Caption = Test
         Name = mnuTest
   

4. Click OK.

5. Add the following code to the project:

         Private Sub mnuTest_Click()
            MsgBox "Test"
         End Sub
   
   

6. Press the F5 key to run the project.

7. Click the "Test" menu, and note that the Click event did not fire.

Keywords          : vb5all vbce
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending