DOCUMENT:Q195235  04-NOV-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Caret Disappears After Tabbing From a Windowless TextBox
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you shift focus from a Windowless TextBox on a Windowless UserControl
to a standard TextBox on a form, the caret is not visible in the form's
TextBox. The form's TextBox has the focus and the keyboard input will be
directed to the TextBox, but the caret is not present.

RESOLUTION
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Resolution #1
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Set the Windowless property of the UserControl to False.

Resolution #2
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Invoke the SetFocus method in the GotFocus event of the TextBox. For
example:

   Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
      Me.SetFocus
   End Sub

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start a Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
   default.

2. Choose Components from the Project menu, check "Microsoft Windowless
   Controls 6.0," and click OK.

3. From the Project menu, add a new UserControl to the project.

4. Set the Windowless property of the UserControl to True.

5. Add a Windowless TextBox to the UserControl.

6. Close the UserControl window, and add an instance of the UserControl
   to Form1.

7. Add a standard TextBox to Form1.

8. Run the project. The caret should appear in the UserControl's TextBox.

9. Press the TAB key, or click on the form's Textbox. Note that the caret
   does not appear, although the TextBox will accept keyboard input.

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q189950
   TITLE     : HOWTO: Install the Microsoft Windowless Controls for VB6

Additional query words:
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Keywords          : kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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