PRB: Run-Time Error Message '400' : Form Already Displayed ; Can't Show Modally (262441)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to display a modal dialog box window in the Click event of a TabStrip control from Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3), you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '400' :
Form already displayed ; can't show modally.

This message appears only with the service pack 3 version of Mscomctl.ocx.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is added by default.
From the Project menu, add another form, Form2, to the project.
On the Project menu, click Components, click to select Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 (SP3) on the Components dialog box, and then click OK.
Add a TabStrip control to Form1 from the Toolbox.

In the General Declarations section for Form1, paste the following code:

Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()
    Form2.Top = Form1.Top + Form1.Height
    Form2.Show vbModal
End Sub

Run the project and click the TabStrip control to display Form2.
Click the TabStrip control again and note that the error described in the "Symptoms" section is displayed.

Workaround

To work around the problem, paste the following API declaration in the general Declaration Section for Form1:
```
Private Declare Function ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" Alias _
  "ReleaseCapture" () As Long
					
```

Modify the TabStrip1_Click event on Form1 as follows:

Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()
   ReleaseCapture
   Form2.Show vbModal
End Sub

Run the test again and note that the error does not appear.