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Q171826: FIX: Tabbing Problems with Controls Contained with Controls

Article: Q171826
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- 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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If a UserControl contains three textboxes and is placed upon a form with two
more textboxes, the default behavior at run-time is to Tab between each textbox
with the TabIndexes.

If you placed this same UserControl upon a UserDocument that has two more
textboxes, pressing Tab at run-time allows the user to switch between the
TextBoxes directly upon the UserDocument. Continuing to press the Tab key
eventually gives the UserControl focus and where the Tab key fails.

If you tab into the UserControl and the first Textbox within the UserControl gets
focus, when you press the Tab key, instead of going to the next Textbox within
the UserControl you go the next Textbox on the UserDocument.

STATUS
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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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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start Visual Basic and create an ActiveX Control project.

2. Place two textbox controls on the Usercontrol you are creating.

3. Close the designer window in Visual Basic.

4. Add an ActiveX Document Project in Visual Basic.

5. Place an instance of the UserControl you created on the ActiveX Document.

6. Run the project in Visual Basic. This will create a .vbd file in the Visual
  Basic 5.0 root directory.

7. Start IE and load the ActiveX Document(.vbd) you just created.

8. Now, try tabbing to the next textbox on the UserControl. Note that you cannot
  tab between the controls in the UserDocument

Additional query words: kbDSupport

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

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