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Q245754: BUG: Windows 2000 RichEdit Control Generates WM_CONTEXTMENU Mess

Article: Q245754
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbOSWin2000 kbRichEdit kbSDKPlatform kbSDKWin32 kbGrpDSUser kbDSupport
Last Modified: 24-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional 
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SYMPTOMS
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On Windows 2000, version 1.0 of the RichEdit control (Riched32.dll) causes a
WM_CONTEXTMENU message to be generated when the user right-clicks in the
control. The same version of the RichEdit control on Microsoft Windows 95,
Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 does not cause the
WM_CONTEXTMENU message to be generated.

CAUSE
=====

The earlier version of the control does not pass the WM_RBUTTONUP and
WM_RBUTTONDOWN messages to the DefWindowProc function. On Windows 2000, the
RichEdit control forwards the WM_RBUTTONUP and WM_RBUTTONDOWN messages to
DefWindowProc. DefWindowProc creates the WM_CONTEXTMENU message.

RESOLUTION
==========

There is no way to prevent the WM_CONTEXTMENU message from being generated. You
must make sure that your application can handle the WM_CONTEXTMENU message
without problems if this message is not expected.

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

Additional query words: KbGrpUser kbRiched

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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbOSWin2000 kbRichEdit kbSDKPlatform kbSDKWin32 kbGrpDSUser kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro kbWinAdvServSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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