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Q90904: Access Key in Label Before Control with No TabStop Problem

Article: Q90904
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The system will hang when an application is run and you choose the access key if
both

- A label with an access key in the caption

- A control that can receive focus (for example, a text box) with the TabStop
  property set to False are placed on a form.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS,
version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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This problem only occurs if you do not have any controls on the form with the
TabStop property set to True.

Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start VBDOS.EXE.

2. From the File menu, choose New Form.

3. In the Form Designer (FD.EXE), add a label (Label1) and a text box (Text1) to
  the form (Form1).

4. Set the Caption property of Label1 to "&Other".

5. Set the TabStop property of Text1 to False.

6. Exit the Form Designer, and save all changes.

7. In VBDOS.EXE, run the application.

8. Press ALT+O to actuate the Label access key.

NOTE: Because it has nowhere to set the focus via the TabStop, your machine will
hang and may proceed to make a repeated beeping sound.

If the access key happens to be &O as in the above example, you printer (if
on) will continuously print a screen dump of the form.

Additional query words: VBmsdos buglist1.00 1.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbVB100DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:1.0

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