BUG: Menu Shortcuts May Not Be Disabled with Form

• Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If a Form in a project has been disabled (Enabled property = False) the Shortcut keys to the last menu item of the first top-level menu are not disabled. Note that this happens only in emulation mode and not on the device itself.

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. When the "Project Properties" dialog window appears, keep all the default properties and click OK.

3. From the Tools menu, select Menu Editor.

4. In the Menu Editor dialog, enter the following properties:

         Caption: File
         Name: mnuFile
   

5. Click Next, and then enter the following properties:

         Caption: Open
         Name: mnuFileOpen
         Shortcut: CTRL + Q
   

6. Click the right arrow key to make mnuFileOpen a submenu item to mnuFile.

7. Click Next, and then enter the following properties:

         Caption: Close
         Name: mnuFileClose
         Shortcut: CTRL + W
   

8. Click the right ARROW key to make mnuFileClose a submenu item to mnuFile.

9. Click OK to dismiss the Menu Editor.

10. Add the following code to Form1:

          Private Sub mnuFileOpen_Click()
             MsgBox "mnuFileOpen"
             Form1.Enabled = True
          End Sub
    
          Private Sub mnuFileClose_Click()
             MsgBox "mnuFileClose"
             Form1.Enabled = True
          End Sub
    
    

11. Set the Enabled property of Form1 to False.

12. Press the F5 key to run the project.

13. Press the shortcut key for the File...Close menu (CTRl+W), and note that the menu item select event fires.

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