BUG: ScrollBars Disappear on Mouse Move in OLE Container

ID: Q190520

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When editing a Microsoft Word Document in the Visual Basic OLE Container, the horizontal and vertical ScrollBars for the Word Document disappear on mouse movement and/or clicks.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by

   default.

2. Add an OLE Container and a CommandButton to Form1. Click Cancel if

   prompted for an object type.

3. Add the following code to Form1's code window:

      Option Explicit

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
         OLE1.CreateEmbed "", "Word.Document"
         OLE1.DoVerb vbOLEUIActivate
         OLE1.SizeMode = 1
         With OLE1.object
            .ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollbar = True
            .ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollbar = True
         End With
      End Sub

4. Run the project by pressing the F5 key.

5. Click Command1 to embed a new word document in the container. The code

   will automatically activate the document and show the ScrollBars.

6. Type "Hello World" in the document.

7. Start moving the mouse around and/or click the start of the document.

   You should notice that the ScrollBars disappear shortly upon
   receiving these mouse events.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q147804
   TITLE     : HOWTO: Scroll an Embedded Word 6 Document in VB OLE

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSD kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug kbVBp500bug

Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: August 7, 1998