DOCUMENT:Q149275 11-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :FIX: MouseMove Button Is Incorrect with ListView MultiSelect PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER::4.0,5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Button argument of the ListView's MouseMove event may not always correctly reflect the most current mouse button status. This can occur if the MultiSelect property of the ListView control is set to True. The Button argument of the MouseMove event is updated only when the MouseDown event is fired, not every time the MouseMove event is fired. RESOLUTION ========== To work around this problem, one could use an OCX or tool that allows the trapping of Windows messages. The code would need to be written, but one possible scheme could involve a flag variable that would be set whenever the ListView control received a WM_LBUTTONDOWN or WM_RBUTTONDOWN message and only reset when a corresponding WM_LBUTTONUP or WM_RBUTTONUP message was received. This flag variable could be used as the equivalent of the button argument in the MouseMove event, because it will return different values when the mouse button has been clicked or when the mouse button has been clicked but not released. The Message Blaster OCX, produced by WareWithAll, is a good tool to use to trap Windows messages. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 6.0. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce ------------------ 1. Start Visual Basic 4.0. Form1 is created by default. 2. Add a single ListView control to the form. Also add one label control. 3. Set the following property of the ListView control: MultiSelect: True 4. Add this code to the form: Private Sub Form_Load() ListView1.ListItems.Add , , "item 1" End Sub Private Sub ListView1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single) Label1.Caption = Button End Sub 5. Press F5 or select Start from the Run menu to run the application. Click once on the white space of the control and see that the label changes to show a 1--the constant for the left mouse button. Now move the mouse button around and see that the label still shows 1 even though the left mouse button is not pressed. Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp600fix kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbControl ====================================================================== Keywords : kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbVB400Search kbVB400 Version : :4.0,5.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.