BUG: Nested Custom Menus Revert to Their Default Names

ID: Q192568

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Studio 97, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Nested Custom Menu items revert to their default "Custom Menu #" name after you restart Developer Studio twice.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.

2. In the Category list, select New Menu.

3. Drag and drop the New Menu item from the Command list box to an empty

   space on the toolbar.

4. A disabled menu "Custom Menu 1" will appear. Click it once and an

   empty menu should drop down from it.

5. Add a command to the Custom Menu 1 menu by selecting File from the

   Category list and dragging the File "New" image to the custom
   menu.

6. Right-click Custom Menu 1, and click Button Appearance.

7. Change the name from Custom Menu 1 to TEST.

8. Repeat steps 2 through 6; however, make the new menu a submenu of TEST

   by placing it on the TEST menu.

9. Rename the new submenu from Custom Menu 2 to SUB1.

10. Exit Developer Studio.

11. Start Developer Studio and verify the custom menu and submenu names.

12. Exit Developer Studio.

13. Start Developer Studio and click TEST once.

RESULTS: Note that SUB1 has reverted back to the default name Custom Menu 2.

REFERENCES

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192567
   TITLE     : BUG: Developer Studio Generates Duplicate Custom Menu Names

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192566
   TITLE     : BUG: Custom Sub Menu Item Locks Developer Studio

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192565
   TITLE     : BUG: Custom Menus Disappear from the Main Menu Bar

For Visual C++ 5.0, Visual InterDev 1.0, and Visual J++ 2.0, please see the following online documentation:

   "Customizing Toolbars and Menus"; Developer Products | Visual C++ |
   Developer Studio Environment User's Guide | Customizing Developer
   Studio | How Do I...Topics: Customizing Developer Studio |
   Customizing Toolbars and Menus

For Visual C++ 6.0, please see the following online documentation:

   "Customizing Toolbars and Menus"; Visual C++ Documentation | Using
   Visual C++ | Visual C++ User's Guide | The Visual C++ Environment |
   Customizing Visual C++ | How Do I...Topics: Customizing
   Developer Studio | Customizing Toolbars and Menus

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbide kbVC500 kbVC600 kbVisID600 kbVJ600 kbDevStudio 
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: October 3, 1998