BUG: Sheridan Panel Receives Focus & Active Control Loses Focus (150226)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0

This article was previously published under Q150226

SYMPTOMS

In the 16-bit edition of Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0, clicking on a Sheridan Panel causes the panel to receive the focus while causing the active control on the panel to lose the focus. Users are unable to send any input to the Panel control, and the control lacks a GotFocus or LostFocus event.

RESOLUTION

In the Click event of the panel, place the following lines of code:

   Private Sub SSPanel1_Click()
      SendKeys "{TAB}"
      Beep
   End Sub

When the user clicks or double-clicks the frame control, the focus is restored to the control that had the focus previously. However, the user is unable to use keystrokes to tab to the frame control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Start a new project in the 16-bit edition of Visual Basic 4.0. Form1 is created by default.
Place a Sheridan Panel control on Form1.
Place a Text box on the Sheridan panel.
Press F5 to run the project and click on the Sheridan panel. The Text box loses the focus.

To correct this problem, place the code from the Workaround section above into the Click event of the Sheridan panel control.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/3/2003
Keywords:	kbBug KB150226