Problem with Visual Basic ActiveX Control Hosting Dhtmled.ocx (300903)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q300903

SYMPTOMS

If you create a Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX control that hosts the DHTML Edit control for Internet Explorer 5 (Dhtmled.ocx), and then hosts the Visual Basic control in an HTML page (or in a Visual Basic form), the Dhtmled.ocx control is not activated in the user interface correctly. This can cause unusual behavior, such as the DELETE and CTRL keys not working as expected.

This issue occurs only in Internet Explorer 5.5 (or 5.5 Service Pack 1); it does not occur in Internet Explorer 5.01.

CAUSE

This issue is caused by coding changes in Mshtml.dll. The Dhtmled.ocx control has not been updated or rebuilt to reflect these changes.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, add the following code to your Visual Basic control that hosts Dhtmled.ocx. 
Private Sub DHTMLEdit1_GotFocus()
    If ActiveControl Is DHTMLEdit1 Then
        SendKeys "{TAB}"
        End If
End Sub

Private Sub DHTMLEdit1_onmousedown()
   If ActiveControl Is Nothing Then
       SetFocus
       End If
End Sub
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2004
Keywords:kbenv kbprb KB300903
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