FIX: MDI Child Form Does Not Become Active
Article ID: 171808
Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q171808
SYMPTOMS
MDI child forms with UserControls on them may not receive focus when the
UserControls' constituent controls are selected.
CAUSE
Windows MDI child activation is based on the MDI client window getting the
WM_PARENTNOTIFY message, which is being suppressed.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio
97 Service Pack 2.
For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170365
: INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual
Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
171554
: INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
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