DOCUMENT:Q221557 11-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :BUG: TreeView: NodeCheck Event Does Not Occur PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbActivexEvents kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbTreeView kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When a TreeView control with the Checkboxes property set to True is placed on a form and the user presses the left-mouse button over a checkbox and then drags the mouse away from the checkbox before releasing the mouse button, the state of the checkbox is toggled, but a NodeCheck event does not occur. RESOLUTION ========== You can work around the problem by programmatically ensuring that the event occurs if the mouse has been dragged away from the checkbox. Step by Step Example -------------------- 1. Open a new Visual Basic Standard Exe project. Form1 is created by default. 2. On the Project menu, click Components. Select Microsoft Common Controls 6.0 and click OK. 3. Add a TreeView control to Form1. 4. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1: Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _ (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _ lParam As Any) As Long ' <--- ' treeview messages Private Const TV_FIRST = &H1100 ' wParam = 0, lParam = lptvhti, rtns hItem Private Const TVM_HITTEST = (TV_FIRST + 17) Private Type POINTAPI ' pt x As Long y As Long End Type ' structure passed with the TVM_HITTEST message Private Type TVHITTESTINFO pt As POINTAPI flags As Long hItem As Long End Type ' TVHITTESTINFO.flags value. An item's checkbox ' is in fact held in the item's state icon image. Private Const TVHT_ONITEMSTATEICON = &H40 Private m_nodChecked As Node Private Sub Form_Load() Dim Node1 As Node Dim Node2 As Node Dim Node3 As Node Dim i As Integer Dim j As Integer Dim k As Integer ' For some convenience... With TreeView1 .HideSelection = False .Indentation = 19 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX .LabelEdit = tvwManual .LineStyle = tvwRootLines .Checkboxes = True End With ' Fill up the treeview... For i = 1 To 2 Set Node1 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(, , , "Root" & i) For j = 1 To 3 Set Node2 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(Node1.Index, tvwChild, , _ "Root" & i & "Child" & j) For k = 1 To 3 Set Node3 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(Node2.Index, tvwChild, , _ "GrandChild" & (16 * (i - 1)) + (4 * (j - 1)) + k) Next k Next j Node1.Expanded = True Next i End Sub Private Sub TreeView1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, _ x As Single, y As Single) Dim tvhti As TVHITTESTINFO Debug.Print "MouseDown: " & Button & " " & Shift & " " & _ x & " " & y If (Button = vbLeftButton) Then ' determine if the mouse pointer is being depressed over the Node's ' checkbox (assumes that the Form's ScaleMode is set to vbTwips). tvhti.pt.x = x / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX tvhti.pt.y = y / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY If (SendMessage(TreeView1.hWnd, TVM_HITTEST, 0, tvhti)) Then If (tvhti.flags And TVHT_ONITEMSTATEICON) Then ' the value of the Node's Checked property will be toggled ' *after* this procedure finishes execution. Set m_nodChecked = TreeView1.HitTest(x, y) End If End If ' TVM_HITTEST End If ' (Button = vbLeftButton) End Sub Private Sub TreeView1_NodeCheck(ByVal Node As MSComctlLib.Node) If (Node Is m_nodChecked) Then ' Either the left-mouse button is being released over the Node ' whose checkbox has been toggled, or this event procedure ' is being called from TreeView1_MouseUp. This *is* where we ' want to process code... Debug.Print "NodeCheck: " & m_nodChecked & _ ".Checked = " & m_nodChecked.Checked & _ vbCrLf & vbTab & " (do process code here)" ' De-reference the module level Node variable so you don't ' call this event again in TreeView1_MouseUp. Set m_nodChecked = Nothing Else ' This event is being raised by the TreeView because the mouse ' pointer is being released over a node whose checkbox state ' has *not* been toggled. you do *not* want to process code here... Debug.Print "NodeCheck: " & Node & _ ".Checked = " & Node.Checked & _ vbCrLf & vbTab & " (do *not* process code here)" End If End Sub Private Sub TreeView1_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, _ x As Single, y As Single) If (m_nodChecked Is Nothing) = False Then ' You didn't get a NodeCheck event (the variable is still set), ' the mouse pointer is *not* over the Node whose checkbox ' state has been toggled. Explicitly call the event procedure. Call TreeView1_NodeCheck(m_nodChecked) End If Debug.Print "MouseUp: " & Button & " " & Shift & " " & _ x & " " & y End Sub 5. Run the program and position the mouse cursor over a checkbox. Press and hold down the left-mouse button, drag the mouse cursor away from the checkbox, and then release the mouse button. Note that a message verifying that the NodeCheck event occurred is printed in the Immediate pane. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Open a new Visual Basic Standard Exe project. Form1 is created by default. 2. On the Project menu, click Components. Select Microsoft Common Controls 6.0 and click OK. 3. Add a Treeview control to Form1. Open the Treeview control's property page by right-clicking on the control and clicking Properties. Check the Treeview control's Checkboxes property and click OK. 4. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1: Private Sub Form_Load() Dim Node1 As Node Dim Node2 As Node Dim Node3 As Node Dim i As Integer Dim j As Integer Dim k As Integer ' For some convenience... With TreeView1 .HideSelection = False .Indentation = 19 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX .LabelEdit = tvwManual .LineStyle = tvwRootLines End With ' Fill up the treeview... For i = 1 To 2 Set Node1 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(, , , "Root" & i) For j = 1 To 3 Set Node2 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(Node1.Index, tvwChild, , _ "Root" & i & "Child" & j) For k = 1 To 3 Set Node3 = TreeView1.Nodes.Add(Node2.Index, tvwChild, , _ "GrandChild" & (16 * (i - 1)) + (4 * (j - 1)) + k) Next k Next j Node1.Expanded = True Next i End Sub Private Sub TreeView1_NodeCheck(ByVal Node As MSComctlLib.Node) Debug.Print "NodeCheck Event" End Sub 5. Run the program. Position the mouse cursor over a checkbox, press and release the left-mouse button on the checkbox, and note that the message is printed in the Immediate pane. 6. Position the mouse cursor over a checkbox, and press and hold down the left-mouse button. Drag the mouse cursor away from the checkbox and then release the mouse button. Note that no message appears. REFERENCES ========== For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q224181 BUG: GDI Resouce Leak Using Checkboxes in ListVew Control Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbActivexEvents kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbTreeView kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600 Version : WINDOWS:6.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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