Microsoft KB Archive/260102

= FIX: Can't Add Available Toolbar Buttons When They Are Removed from Before a Separator =

Article ID: 260102

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q260102



SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Toolbar Wizard in Visual Basic 6.0 and you remove a button that was positioned before a separator in the toolbar buttons list, you cannot add it back.



RESOLUTION
Install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
From within a standard.exe application in Visual Basic 6.0, you can reproduce the behavior by following these steps:
 * 1) Insert a toolbar.
 * 2) Insert several buttons and at least one description.
 * 3) Run the application.
 * 4) Click in the toolbar space to bring up the lists.
 * 5) Remove the last button from the Toolbar buttons list (there should be an inactive separator after the last toolbar button).
 * 6) Try to add the button back from the Controls box available list.

