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Q263660: BUG: Click Event May Fire Even Though Command Button Is Hidden

Article: Q263660
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVBM300bug kbOSWinCEPsPC200 kbOSWinCE300
Last Modified: 14-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic, version 3.0, used with:
   - Microsoft Windows CE Platform SDK for Pocket PC 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Windows CE for the PocketPC project, the Click event of a command button
still fires even though it is invisible. This behavior does not occur in
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

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 for the PocketPC project in eMbedded Visual Basic.
  Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a command button and a list box to Form1.

3. Paste the following code to Form1:

  Private Sub Command1_Click()
      List1.AddItem "Addition"
  End Sub

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      Command1.Visible = False
      Command1.Default = True
  End Sub

  Private Sub Form_OKClick()
      App.End
  End Sub

4. Press the F5 key to run the project, and then press ENTER. Notice that
  "Addition" is added to the ListBox control.

Additional query words: evb vbce

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVBM300bug kbOSWinCEPsPC200 kbOSWinCE300 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbVBeMbSearch
Version           : :3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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