BUG: Setting WindowState = 0 Doesn't Set Window State to Normal

• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Setting the WindowState property of a form to '0 - Normal' has no effect.

RESOLUTION

Save the form's height and width before changing the WindowState property (such as Maximizing), and then restore the height and width when desired as follows:

   Option Explicit
   Dim FormHeight
   Dim FormWidth

   Private Sub Form_Load()
      'initialize form size, could be set at design-time also.
      Form1.height = 2000
      Form1.width = 3000
      'Save the form's height and width.
      FormHeight = Form1.Height
      FormWidth = Form1.Width
      Command1.Caption = "Maximized"
      Command2.Caption = "Normal"
   End Sub

   Private Sub Command1_Click()
      Form1.WindowState = 2 'Maximized
   End Sub

   Private Sub Command2_Click()
      'Restore the form's original height and width.
      Form1.Height = FormHeight
      Form1.Width = FormWidth
   End Sub 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Windows CE (HPC) Project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.



2. Add two CommandButtons to Form1, placing them in the upper-left-hand corner of the form so they will be visible when the form is resized by the Form's Load event (see step 3).



3. Add the following code:

   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
              Command1.Caption = "Maximized"
              Command2.Caption = "Normal"
              'initialize form size, could be set at design-time also.
              Form1.height = 2000
              Form1.width = 3000
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Command1_Click()
              Form1.WindowState = 2 'Maximized
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Command2_Click()
              Form1.WindowState = 0 'Normal
         End Sub 




4. Press the F5 key to run the project.



5. Click on Command1 and note that the Form is maximized.



6. Click on Command2 and note that the Window does not return to its Normal state.

Additional query words: wince vbce vbce5 vbce6

Keywords : kbToolkit kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVBp600bug kbWinCE kbWinCE100 kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug