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Q199538: BUG: Scroll Bars May Be Re-Enabled or Crash App When Clicked

Article: Q199538
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): MACINTOSH:4.0,4.0b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDocView kbHWMAC kbMFC KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbDSupport kbGrpDSMFCATLkbbuglist
Last Modified: 11-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, Macintosh Cross-Development Addon, versions 4.0, 4.0b 
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SYMPTOMS
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When clicking a disabled scroll bar of a window, the scroll bar becomes enabled.
If the mouse click occurs where the scroll thumb would be, the application
crashes.

CAUSE
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There is a bug in the Windows Portability Layer.

RESOLUTION
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Set the scroll range to 0, 0 (zero, zero) using SetScrollSizes() or
SetScrollInfo().

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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When a window has its scroll bar enabled, and is disabled using the following
code

     // hWnd is a handle to window
     EnableScrollBar(hWnd, SB_BOTH, ESB_DISABLE_BOTH);

then the scroll bars are enabled if the user generates a mousedown in the
disabled scroll bar. If the mousedown occurs where the scroll thumb would be,
the application crashes with the following error message:

  Sorry, a system error occurred.
  "myapplication"
  Bus error

This problem appears for the scroll bar of a combo box but does not appear for
the scroll-bar control. This fails with both PowerPC and 68KB platforms.

The workaround is to set the scroll range to 0, 0, as demonstrated below:

     SCROLLINFO si;
     si.cbSize = sizeof(SCROLLINFO);
     si.fMask = SIF_RANGE;
     si.nMin = si.nMax = 0;
     SetScrollInfo(hWnd, SB_HORZ, &si, TRUE);
     SetScrollInfo(hWnd, SB_VERT, &si, TRUE);

REFERENCES
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(c) Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Adam Kim,
Microsoft Corporation.


Additional query words: CScrollView CComboBox CScrollBar bus error scrollbar

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Keywords          : kbDocView kbHWMAC kbMFC KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbDSupport kbGrpDSMFCATL kbbuglist
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbAudDeveloper kbVCXDev400Mac kbVCXDev400bMac
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0,4.0b
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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