FIX: Can't Add Available Toolbar Buttons When They Are Removed from Before a Separator (260102)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q260102

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Toolbar Wizard in Visual Basic 6.0 and you remove a button that was positioned before a separator in the toolbar buttons list, you cannot add it back.

RESOLUTION

Install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

From within a standard.exe application in Visual Basic 6.0, you can reproduce the behavior by following these steps:
  1. Insert a toolbar.
  2. Insert several buttons and at least one description.
  3. Run the application.
  4. Click in the toolbar space to bring up the lists.
  5. Remove the last button from the Toolbar buttons list (there should be an inactive separator after the last toolbar button).
  6. Try to add the button back from the Controls box available list.

REFERENCES

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/12/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix KB260102
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