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Q171491: FIX: Mouse Button Value Is Always 4 in MouseUp Event of SSTab

Article: Q171491
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the value of the mouse button is queried in the MouseUp event of the Tabbed
Dialog control, it always returns a value of 4. It should return a value of
either 1, 2, or 4.

RESOLUTION
==========

This problem is fixed in the newer version of the Tabbed Dialog control
(TABCTL32.OCX) provided with Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

You can work around the problem by using a global variable that is set to the
value of Button in the MouseDown event, or using the MouseDown event that
reports the value of the mouse button correctly.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service
Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97
Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION
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The value of Button should indicate which button was pressed, as follows:

  1  -  Left button is pressed
  2  -  Right button is pressed
  4  -  Middle button is pressed

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start a new Visual Basic 5.0 Standard EXE project.

2. Choose Components from the Project menu, check the "Microsoft Tabbed Dialog
  Control 5.0," and click OK.

3. Place a Tabbed Dialog control on the default Form.

4. Place this code statement in the MouseUp event of the Tab control:

        MsgBox Button

5. Press the F5 key to run the project. Note that when you click anywhere on the
  control, you will see that the value displayed is always 4.

REFERENCES
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Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Online Help, topic "MouseUp event"

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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