FIX: Can't Have Menu with No Caption Bar/Buttons/Control Box (76553)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 2.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 1.0
This article was previously published under Q76553

SYMPTOMS

You can't add a menu that has no caption, no maximize/minimize buttons, and no control-menu box to a form.

CAUSE

This feature is not supported in Visual Basic in Windows version 3.0 or 3.1 because of a bug in the Microsoft Windows menu driver that prevents Windows from painting menus correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1. This problem does not occur in Visual Basic version 3.0 in Microsoft Windows version 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION

If you place a menu on a form with no caption bar or associated buttons, the result is a menu bar that does not refresh correctly.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N) if Visual Basic is already running. Form1 is created by default.
  2. Delete the contents of the Caption property.
  3. Set the ControlBox, MaxButton, and MinButton properties to False.
  4. Using the Menu Design window, create a single menu item. Set the Caption property to Test and the control name property to Test.
  5. Press the F5 key to run the application.
NOTE: The menu bar does not repaint correctly. This causes the image immediately behind the form to be visible through the menu bar.

If you place any other form over the menu bar and then remove it, the portion that was covering the menu bar area remains.

This problem occurs because the Microsoft Windows menu driver does not paint the menus correctly.

For this reason, this particular form configuration is not supported by Visual Basic at this time even though you are able to create the configuration in the editing environment.

For more information about a related problem with the menu bar and the Fixed Double border style, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Visual and Basic and menu and fixed and double and border

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/18/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB76553
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