BUG: UserControl Does Not Refresh the Menu

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

SYMPTOMS

If a UserControl changes the menu at run time, the menu does not refresh.

RESOLUTION

You need to set the Enabled property of the UserControl to False, reset it to True, and then given it the focus to force a refresh of the menu.

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 ActiveX Control Project. UserControl1 is created by default.



2. From the Tools menu, click the Menu Editor. Add the following three menu items:
   
   

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         - Caption : Menu1
         - Name : Menu1
         - NegotiatePosition = Left 

   
   
   

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         - Caption : SubMenu1
         - Name : SubMenu1
         - Click the Right Arrow button to make it a SubMenu. 

   
   
   

   • 
         - Caption : Menu2
         - Name : Menu2
         - NegotiatePostion = Left 

   
   
   



3. Add a CommandButton (Command1) to the UserControl. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of UserControl1:

   
         Private Sub Command1_Click()
            Menu1.Caption = "Modified"
         End Sub 




4. Close all open windows on Project1.



5. From the File menu, click Add Project to add a New Standard .exe Project. Form1 is created by default.



6. Place an instance of UserControl1 to Form1, and run the project.



7. Click the CommandButton on the UserControl. The caption of Menu1 does not change.



8. To work around the problem replace the code in UserControl1 with the following:

   
         Private Sub Command1_Click()
            Menu1.Caption = "Modified"
            UserControl.Enabled = False
            UserControl.Enabled = True
            UserControl.SetFocus
            DoEvents
         End Sub 




9. Close Project1 and repeat Step 7. The menu caption is updated.

Additional query words: UserControl Menu Refresh

Keywords : kbCtrlCreate kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpVB kbCodeSam
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug