DOCUMENT:Q174214  24-SEP-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: Form with Menu Displays Border w/ Borderstyle Set to None
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:VB4ALL VB4WIN vb5all VBKBMenu VBKBPopup

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
 - Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions,
   16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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A Form with a menu displays a border and a titlebar when the BorderStyle
property of the form is set to 0-None. The Form displays a border even when
the Menus it contains are not visible.

CAUSE
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Visual Basic requires a Form with a Menu to have visible borders.

RESOLUTION
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Create a second Form to contain your popup menu and use the PopupMenu
method in the first Form to access the Menu of the second Form.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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This section provides instructions on how to create a borderless Form with
a popup menu.

Step-by-Step Example
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1. Start a new in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. Set the Form1 BorderStyle property to 0-None.

3. Copy the following code to the Code window of Form1:

      Option Explicit

      Private Sub Form_Load()
         Form2.Visible = False
      End Sub

      Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, _
                                 Shift As Integer, _
                                 X As Single, _
                                 Y As Single)

         If Button = vbRightButton Then
            Form1.PopupMenu Form2.mnuMyMenu
         End If
      End Sub

4. Add a second Form to the project.

5. Use the menu editor to add a menu with three menu items to the second
   form. Name the menu mnuMyMenu.

6. Press the F5 key to run the program. The first form displays without a
   border. Right-click the form to display the menu items from the second
   form.

REFERENCES
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PopupMenu method topic in the Online Help

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by
Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation
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Keywords          : VB4ALL VB4WIN vb5all VBKBMenu VBKBPopup
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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