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PRB: Unexpected Menu Merging Behavior in Internet Explorer

Article ID: 193098

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1

This article was previously published under Q193098

SYMPTOMS

Replacing or merging menus from your UserDocument objects does not behave as expected when the document is hosted in Internet Explorer.

CAUSE

Internet Explorer only allows the Edit and View menus to be replaced; the File, Go, Favorites, and Help menus cannot be replaced. If the Edit menu is not replaced, it will be empty except for a menu separator.

A UserDocument Help menu will merge with IE's Help menu.

RESOLUTION

Although it is not standard practice, it is not impossible to have two menus with the same name. You could include a File, Go, or Favorites menu in your UserDocument. However, this may be confusing to your user. Instead try one of the following:

Call the File menu something else.
Use the Edit and View menus to store items you would normally put in the other menus.
Do not depend on merging with the Internet Explorer menus (it is not part of the Web paradigm). Instead, use pop-up menus on your UserDocument.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: kbVBp500 kbActiveDocs kbIE kbInternet kbMenu kbIE400 kbIE401 kbIE401sp1 kbdsi kbDSupport kbVBp

Keywords: kbmenu kbactivedocs kbprb KB193098