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Q215391: BUG: Testing to See if the Current Form is "Me" Returns False

Article: Q215391
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbToolkit kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 16-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 
- Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When testing to see if the current form is "Me" always returns False in a
Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic (VBCE) or eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB)
project, the expectation is that this should always return True.

RESOLUTION
==========

The workaround for this is to compare the Caption properties of Me and Form1.

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual
  Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a command button to Form1.

3. Paste the following code into Form1:

  Option Explicit

  Public Sub Test(frm)
      MsgBox "Form1 is frm = " & (Form1 Is frm)
  End Sub

  Private Sub Command1_Click()
      Test Me
      Test Form1
  End Sub

4. Run the project and target either emulation or the remote device.

Additional query words: vbce vbce6 wce evb

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Keywords          : kbToolkit kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbVBeMbSearch kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch kbVBeMb300
Version           : :3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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