Access Key in Label Before Control with No TabStop Problem

ID: Q90904

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard and Professional Editions for MS-DOS, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The system will hang when an application is run and you choose the access key if both

  • A label with an access key in the caption


  • A control that can receive focus (for example, a text box) with the TabStop property set to False are placed on a form.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS, version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


MORE INFORMATION

This problem only occurs if you do not have any controls on the form with the TabStop property set to True.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Start VBDOS.EXE.


  2. From the File menu, choose New Form.


  3. In the Form Designer (FD.EXE), add a label (Label1) and a text box (Text1) to the form (Form1).


  4. Set the Caption property of Label1 to "&Other".


  5. Set the TabStop property of Text1 to False.


  6. Exit the Form Designer, and save all changes.


  7. In VBDOS.EXE, run the application.


  8. Press ALT+O to actuate the Label access key.


NOTE: Because it has nowhere to set the focus via the TabStop, your machine will hang and may proceed to make a repeated beeping sound.

If the access key happens to be &O as in the above example, you printer (if on) will continuously print a screen dump of the form.

Additional query words: VBmsdos buglist1.00 1.00

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Version : MS-DOS:1.0
Platform : MS-DOS
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Last Reviewed: December 4, 1999
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