BUG: Toolbar Does Not Show ToolTips Under Certain Circumstance

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit Only, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

If the user clicks on an area of a Toolbar generated from the Windows Common Controls OCX, and if the area of the toolbar does not contain a button, then it may cause the ToolTips to not show.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce

1. Start a new project in Visual Basic 4.0, 32-bit edition. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add the Windows 95 controls to the Toolbox by selecting Microsoft Windows Common Controls in the Tools, Custom Controls dialog box.

3. Place a Toolbar on Form1. Choose the Custom property, and invoke the Custom property page by selecting the ellipsis (...) by the Custom property. Choose the Buttons tab, and select the Insert Button button. Also, in the same tab, type in a ToolTip of "Hello".

4. Run the project by pressing F5. Place the mouse over the button on the Toolbar, and notice that the ToolTip appears after a brief pause. Now move the mouse to the right of the button and click the left mouse button. Now move the mouse cursor back over the button. The ToolTip will not reappear.