DOCUMENT:Q177089  25-NOV-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Startup Position Changes in SDI if Form Has a Menu
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VBKBEnv VBKBVB

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If you are running Visual Basic 5.0 in SDI Development Environment mode and
have a form with a menu, the form's StartupPosition will be changed to "0-
Manual" when the form is run. This problem occurs only if the form has a
menu.

CAUSE
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Menus are added to the form at run-time, which causes a form resize event
to occur. The resize event erroneously causes the StartupPosition to
change.

RESOLUTION
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The only resolution available at this time is to not run Visual Basic in
SDI mode.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Click Options on the Tools menu and check "SDI Development Environment"
   on the Advanced tab.

2. Restart Visual Basic and create a Standard EXE project. Form1 is created
   by default.

3. Set the StartupPosition property of Form1 to 2-Center Screen.

4. Press F5 to run the project.

5. End the project, and note that the StartupPosition property of the form
   is still set to 2-Center Screen.

6. Use the menu editor to add a menu to the form.

7. Note that the StartupPosition property changes to 0-Manual.

8. Change the StartupPosition property to 2-Center Screen.

9. Run the project, then end the project.

10. Note that the StartupPosition again changes to 0-Manual.

11. If desired, remove the menu and repeat steps 8-10. Note that this
    problem with the StartupPosition property changing does not occur on a
menu-less form.
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Keywords          : vb5all VBKBEnv VBKBVB
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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