BUG: List Window Pane in Project Explorer Highlights the Wrong Item (278492)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q278492

SYMPTOMS

When you try to click a node in the List window pane of Project Explorer, the node that you previously clicked remains highlighted, and the newly selected node appears outlined.

CAUSE

This problem is caused by a bug in version 5 of the Comctl32.dll file. The problem does not occur with version 4 of the file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, close and restart the development environment.

IMPORTANT: Do not replace version 5 of Comctl32.dll with an older version to resolve this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start a new Visual Basic Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
In the Project Explorer window, right-click Project1.
Leave the context menu that is displayed, and click Form1 in Project Explorer. Project1 remains highlighted.
Click other nodes in Project Explorer, and the object is selected, but Project1 remains highlighted.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/26/2001
Keywords:	kbbug kbCmnCtrls kbDSupport kbide kbIDEProject kbTreeView KB278492