BUG: Design Option in Pop-up Menu Data View Window Not Available (230396)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q230396

SYMPTOMS

If you use a Windows NT 4.0 computer and are not a member of the administrators group, you will not get the Design option in the pop-up menu for a table when you right-click on on the table in the Data View Window of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

NOTE: This bug does not occur on Windows 2000 machines.

CAUSE

The Visual Basic IDE is incorrectly determining that the Design option should not be shown unless you belong to the administrators group.

RESOLUTION

The following are some possible workarounds:
  • Make all users that require this functionality, a member of the administrators group for that Windows NT computer.
  • Use Visual Interdev 6.0 which has the same Data View functionality and does allow the Design option to appear without requiring it to be a member of the administrators group.

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

  1. Log onto Windows NT 4.0 computer with an administrator level account and start Visual Basic 6.0.
  2. From the View menu, select the Data View Window.
  3. Right-click on the Data Links Folder node and select Add a Data Link.
  4. Create a Data Link using the Wizard Dialog box. If you can, create the link using the "sa" account.
  5. Once the Data Link has been added, expand the new Data Link's tree to expose its tables and right-click on a table.
  6. You will notice the Design option in the pop-up menu.
  7. Close Visual Basic and log off, then log on as another user who is not an administrator of the computer.
  8. Attempt steps 4 and 5. You will no longer see the Design option.
  9. Add this user to the administrators group and retry steps 4 and 5. The Design option will now be available.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/11/2003
Keywords:kbBug kbIDEProject kbpending KB230396
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