Microsoft KB Archive/181033

= BUG: Access Keys for UserControl Do Not Work in MFC Dialog =

Article ID: 181033

Article Last Modified on 6/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q181033



SYMPTOMS
Access Keys (accelerators) for a UserControl do not work if the control is contained in an MFC Dialog.



CAUSE
This problem is due to mnemonic differences between MFC 4.2 and Visual Basic 5.0. These mnemonic differences are discussed in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

145698 PRB: Mnemonic Differences Between MFC 4.0 and Visual Basic 4.0

Although this article describes a scenario where the roles of Visual Basic and MFC are reversed, the same problem is encountered when a Visual Basic- created control is contained in an MFC Dialog.



RESOLUTION
There is currently no known workaround for this problem.



STATUS
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.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Create a new ActiveX Control project in Visual Basic.
 * 2) Set the AccessKeys property to "NM."
 * 3) Add a TextBox to the control.
 * 4) Compile the UserControl to an .ocx.
 * 5) Create a MFC Dialog application using the VC++ MFCAppWizard.
 * 6) Add the Visual Basic .ocx to the MFC dialog.
 * 7) Run the MFC application.
 * 8) Attempt to use the ALT+"N" or ALT+"M" key combinations. Note that the behavior is a system beep rather than a change in focus.

Additional query words: user control activex ocx

Keywords: kbbug kbctrlcreate kbpending kbcontrol KB181033

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