BUG: Setting Visible Property Fails on Menu for ActiveX Control

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Trying to set the Visible property of a UserControl menu fails. There is no error message but the visible state does not changes.

RESOLUTION

Currently, there is no known workaround for this bug.

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 Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.



2. From the File menu, add an ActiveX Control project. UserControl1 is created by default.



3. Bring up UserControl1 in the Visual Basic IDE. Select "Menu Editor" from the Tools menu.



4. Add the following menu structure to UserControl1, making sure to uncheck the Visible CheckBox on the Menu Editor:

   
         Menu1
         ---Sub1
         Menu2   (Visible = False)
         ---Sub2 




5. In the Menu Editor, set the NegotiatePosition property to Left for Menu1 and Menu2 (top-level menus).



6. Close the UserControl1 design window, and add an instance of UserControl1 to Form1 of the Standard EXE project.



7. Add the following code to the Form1 module:

   
         Private Sub Sub1_Click()
            Menu1.Visible = False
            Menu2.Visible = True
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Sub2_Click()
            Menu2.Visible = False
            Menu1.Visible = True
         End Sub 




8. Save the Project group and run it. Select "Sub1" from the "Menu1" menu. Note that Menu2 does not become visible, nor does Menu1 disappear.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSD kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug kbVBp500bug kbMenu

Keywords : kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug