I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select a
large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and you'll
accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had this problem
in spite of every service pack.
21  3561 
I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
>
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select
a large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and
you'll accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had
this problem in spite of every service pack.
I just tried it out on my VB6 SP5 installation and the problem you are
describing does not occur on it.
Rick
Ditto here - never had a crash selecting or deselecting multiple controls.
--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" <ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.netwrote in
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I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select
a large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and
you'll accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had
this problem in spite of every service pack.
I just tried it out on my VB6 SP5 installation and the problem you are
describing does not occur on it.
Rick
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:55:47 GMT bearing the
following fruit:
>I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select a
large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and you'll
accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had this problem
in spite of every service pack.
This bug was fixed in a SP, can't recall which one. But I
think and SP from 3-6 should do.
Found it thanks: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190039/en-us
Apparently all I need to do is open the properties windw first and it won't
crash.
Hm-m-m wish I'd known that before adding 20 controls to a form, lining them
up and getting them looking just right before selecting them all and trying
to select them all so I can set a common property (without saving first).
Make one mistake selecting so need to deselect one control and Crash !!! -
start again with a blank form. I've done this so many times Arg-h-h-h-h
!!!!!!
"Jan Hyde" <St***********@REMOVE.ME.uboot.comwrote in message
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"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:55:47 GMT bearing the
following fruit:
>>I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select
a
large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and
you'll
accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had this
problem
in spite of every service pack.
This bug was fixed in a SP, can't recall which one. But I
think and SP from 3-6 should do.
Also note there is no fix (2003) just a confirmation that it is a bug.
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comwrote in message
news:on****************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Found it thanks:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190039/en-us
Apparently all I need to do is open the properties windw first and it
won't crash.
Hm-m-m wish I'd known that before adding 20 controls to a form, lining
them up and getting them looking just right before selecting them all and
trying to select them all so I can set a common property (without saving
first). Make one mistake selecting so need to deselect one control and
Crash !!! - start again with a blank form. I've done this so many times
Arg-h-h-h-h !!!!!!
"Jan Hyde" <St***********@REMOVE.ME.uboot.comwrote in message
news:pn********************************@4ax.com...
>"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:55:47 GMT bearing the
following fruit:
>>>I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select
a
large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and
you'll
accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had this
problem
in spite of every service pack.
This bug was fixed in a SP, can't recall which one. But I
think and SP from 3-6 should do.
Still can't reproduce the problem, even following the steps in the KB
article. And that's on a box with vb6 and NO service pack installed.
--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"Jan Hyde" <St***********@REMOVE.ME.uboot.comwrote in message
news:pn********************************@4ax.com...
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:55:47 GMT bearing the
following fruit:
>I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select a
large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
It's annoying because you'll be selecting sometimes small labels and you'll
accidentally select the wrong one or what's behind it. I've had this
problem
in spite of every service pack.
This bug was fixed in a SP, can't recall which one. But I
think and SP from 3-6 should do.
"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.orgwrote in message
news:45**********************@news.astraweb.com...
Still can't reproduce the problem, even following the steps in the KB
article. And that's on a box with vb6 and NO service pack installed.
VB6 in original condition? Are you saving that for Antiques Roadshow, or
something?
:)
<gHaven't got around to installing SP5 or SP6 on a clean install.
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Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"Steve Gerrard" <my********@comcast.netwrote in message
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"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.orgwrote in message
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Still can't reproduce the problem, even following the steps in the KB
article. And that's on a box with vb6 and NO service pack installed.
VB6 in original condition? Are you saving that for Antiques Roadshow, or
something?
:)
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comskrev i en meddelelse
news:7d*****************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key
and select a large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl
key down and click a control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE
will crash.
Never seen that problem.
And a "large number of control" does - in my ears - sound like a
design-problem ;-)
"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.org>'s wild thoughts were
released on Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:43:03 -0500 bearing the
following fruit:
>Still can't reproduce the problem, even following the steps in the KB
article. And that's on a box with vb6 and NO service pack installed.
It certainly has been a problem - it used to drive me crazy.
I've encountered the problem very rarely since SP3.
"preben nielsen" <pr**@post.tele.dkwrote in message
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"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comskrev i en meddelelse
news:7d*****************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select
a large number of them at random. Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.
Never seen that problem.
And a "large number of control" does - in my ears - sound like a
design-problem ;-)
Just tried it then:
1. New project - one form
2. Add 4 buttons
3. Close properties window
4. Hold down Ctrl and click on each one until 4 selected
5. Click one again to deselect
Houston - we have a problem !!!! ... well on my system anyway (and the last
three computers I've owned)
Just tried it then:
1. New project - one form
2. Add 4 buttons
3. Close properties window
4. Hold down Ctrl and click on each one until 4 selected
5. Click one again to deselect
Houston - we have a problem !!!! ... well on my system anyway (and the
last three computers I've owned)
Yep! That procedure (and using the Shift key instead of the Control key)
crashes my copy of VB also. I guess I never saw this problem before because
I never close the Properties window. Just out of curiosity, why would
someone close the Properties window anyway?
Rick
"Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
<ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.net>'s wild thoughts were
released on Mon, 5 Mar 2007 05:34:45 -0500 bearing the
following fruit:
>Just tried it then:
1. New project - one form
2. Add 4 buttons
3. Close properties window
4. Hold down Ctrl and click on each one until 4 selected
5. Click one again to deselect
Houston - we have a problem !!!! ... well on my system anyway (and the
last three computers I've owned)
Yep! That procedure (and using the Shift key instead of the Control key)
crashes my copy of VB also. I guess I never saw this problem before because
I never close the Properties window. Just out of curiosity, why would
someone close the Properties window anyway?
Before I got a flat screen my eyes could only cope with
800x600 - Not a lot of screen real estate to work with.
I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
J
>Just out of curiosity, why would someone close the
>Properties window anyway?
Before I got a flat screen my eyes could only cope with
800x600 - Not a lot of screen real estate to work with.
I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that crowded,
switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need to turn
individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would sit above
them.
Rick
"Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
<ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.net>'s wild thoughts were
released on Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:37:45 -0500 bearing the
following fruit:
>>Just out of curiosity, why would someone close the
Properties window anyway?
Before I got a flat screen my eyes could only cope with
800x600 - Not a lot of screen real estate to work with.
I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that crowded,
switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need to turn
individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would sit above
them.
True, but as we know, some people here see the SDI interface
as evil ;-)
Jan Hyde wrote:
"Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
>>I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that crowded,
switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need to turn
individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would sit above
them.
True, but as we know, some people here see the SDI interface
as evil ;-)
But a necessity if you want to (sensibly) use multiple monitors :)
--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team
iCode Systems
Dean Earley <de*********@icode.co.uk>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:36:15 +0000 bearing the
following fruit:
>Jan Hyde wrote:
>"Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
>>>I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that crowded,
switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need to turn
individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would sit above
them.
True, but as we know, some people here see the SDI interface
as evil ;-)
But a necessity if you want to (sensibly) use multiple monitors :)
I've never used multiple monitors, can you answer me this.
My graphics card only has one output so I can only plug in
one monitor, is there any way I can use the on board
graphics card to run the second monitor?
"Jan Hyde" <St***********@REMOVE.ME.uboot.comwrote in message
news:3p********************************@4ax.com...
Dean Earley <de*********@icode.co.uk>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:36:15 +0000 bearing the
following fruit:
>>Jan Hyde wrote:
>>"Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that
crowded,
switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need to
turn
individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would sit
above
them.
True, but as we know, some people here see the SDI interface
as evil ;-)
But a necessity if you want to (sensibly) use multiple monitors :)
I've never used multiple monitors, can you answer me this.
My graphics card only has one output so I can only plug in
one monitor, is there any way I can use the on board
graphics card to run the second monitor?
You can connect it to something like Matrox Dualhead to go.. http://sewelldirect.com/DualHead2Go-Matrox.asp
Jan Hyde wrote:
I've never used multiple monitors, can you answer me this.
My graphics card only has one output so I can only plug in
one monitor, is there any way I can use the on board
graphics card to run the second monitor?
It depends on the motherboard.
Some see an extra graphics card and completely disable the on board,
some have an option to enable it as well.
Failing that, a Matrox or NVidia dual head card as Raoul suggested.
--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team
iCode Systems
Dean Earley <de*********@icode.co.uk>'s wild thoughts were
released on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:42:44 +0000 bearing the
following fruit:
>Jan Hyde wrote:
>I've never used multiple monitors, can you answer me this.
My graphics card only has one output so I can only plug in
one monitor, is there any way I can use the on board
graphics card to run the second monitor?
It depends on the motherboard.
Some see an extra graphics card and completely disable the on board,
some have an option to enable it as well.
Failing that, a Matrox or NVidia dual head card as Raoul suggested.
I was hoping to avoid the extra expense. I may just wait
until I need a new graphics card.
Thanks anyway.
J
ah.. that's why it worked for me... I only use SDI.
--
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MS MVP, Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/
Please respond to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" <ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.netwrote in
message news:Ip******************************@comcast.com. ..
>>Just out of curiosity, why would someone close the
Properties window anyway?
Before I got a flat screen my eyes could only cope with
800x600 - Not a lot of screen real estate to work with.
I can see why there might be occasions where you need to
close things down.
Maybe if you were using the MDI interface; but if things were that
crowded, switching to the SDI interface would have solved that... no need
to turn individual "tool" windows off as the Form, when selected, would
sit above them.
Rick
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