BUG: Data Report Not Always in WindowList

• Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

An MDIFORM does not show the child form in the WindowList menu if the child form is a Data Report. If the Data Report is minimized and then returned to a normal state, it will show up in the WindowList.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, add code to your program that minimizes the report prior to opening the report in normal mode. Refer to the Steps to Reproduce Behavior section of this article for sample code on this workaround.

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. Create a new standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.



2. Add an MDIFORM to the project.



3. Add a menu to the form and check the WindowList property, as:

   
         Caption: View
         Name:  mnuView
    




4. Add a Data Report to the project and then add a Data Environment. Set the Datasource property and the Datamember property. You don't have to drop any fields onto the report in order to see the problem.



5. Set the MDICHILD property to True on Form1 and DataReport1.



6. Add a CommandButton to Form1 and, in the Click event, show the DataReport (DataReport1.Show).



7. Run the application. If you select the View menu, Form1 shows up. Click the CommandButton and select the View menu again. Note that the DataReport is not listed in the WindowList.
   
   If you modify the Click event of the CommandButton to do the following, the DataReport appears in the WindowList as expected:

   
         Private Sub Command1_Click()
          DataReport1.Visible = False
          DataReport1.WindowState = vbminimize
   
          DataReport1.WindowState = vbNormal
          DataReport1.Show
         End Sub
    

Keywords : kbReportWriter kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpVBDB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug