BUG: Menu Bar Covered By Main Window Client Area

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1
• Microsoft Win32 SDK, version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

In an application, the lower half of the menu bar is covered by the client area of the main window.

CAUSE

This problem can be caused by a command with a null menu string or separator at the end of the menu bar. For example, if the following menus are used in a window, they will display the problem:

   PROBLEMMENU MENU DISCARDABLE
   BEGIN
      POPUP "&Popup 1"
         BEGIN
            MENUITEM "&Menu Item 1", 1
         END
      MENUITEM "", 2
   END

   PROBLEMMENU MENU DISCARDABLE
   BEGIN
      POPUP "&Popup 1"
         BEGIN
            MENUITEM "&Menu Item 1", 1
         END
      MENUITEM SEPARATOR
   END

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, remove the command with a null menu string or separator at the end of the menu bar.

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.