Q174214: PRB: Form with Menu Displays Border w/ Borderstyle Set to None

Article: Q174214
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A Form with a menu displays a border and a titlebar when the BorderStyle
property of the form is set to 0-None. The Form displays a border even when the
Menus it contains are not visible.

CAUSE
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Visual Basic requires a Form with a Menu to have visible borders.

RESOLUTION
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Create a second Form to contain your popup menu and use the PopupMenu method in
the first Form to access the Menu of the second Form.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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This section provides instructions on how to create a borderless Form with a
popup menu.

Step-by-Step Example
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1. Start a new in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. Set the Form1 BorderStyle property to 0-None.

3. Copy the following code to the Code window of Form1:

        Option Explicit

        Private Sub Form_Load()
           Form2.Visible = False
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, _
                                   Shift As Integer, _
                                   X As Single, _
                                   Y As Single)

           If Button = vbRightButton Then
              Form1.PopupMenu Form2.mnuMyMenu
           End If
        End Sub

4. Add a second Form to the project.

5. Use the menu editor to add a menu with three menu items to the second form.
  Name the menu mnuMyMenu.

6. Press the F5 key to run the program. The first form displays without a
  border. Right-click the form to display the menu items from the second form.

REFERENCES
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PopupMenu method topic in the Online Help

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Arsenio
Locsin, Microsoft Corporation


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Issue type        : kbprb

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