FIX: Code Module Window Displayed Transparently in SDI

• Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The BAS Module Window becomes transparent and only the frame is visible.

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:

Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Visual Basic 5.0.



2. If you are not already using Visual Basic 5.0 in SDI mode, then go to Tools | Options, select the Advanced tab, and check the SDI Development Environment option. You must restart Visual Basic 5.0 for this setting to take effect.



3. Create a new Standard EXE project.



4. Insert a new module into the project.



5. Minimize the module Window.



6. Minimize the IDE Window.



7. Restore the IDE Window.



8. Restore the module Window. Note that only module Window frame is restored. The window itself is transparent.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug