Microsoft KB Archive/278492

= BUG: List Window Pane in Project Explorer Highlights the Wrong Item =

Article ID: 278492

Article Last Modified on 5/26/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * 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

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This article was previously published under Q278492



SYMPTOMS
When you try to click a node in the List window pane of Project Explorer, the node that you previously clicked remains highlighted, and the newly selected node appears outlined.



CAUSE
This problem is caused by a bug in version 5 of the Comctl32.dll file. The problem does not occur with version 4 of the file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, close and restart the development environment.

IMPORTANT: Do not replace version 5 of Comctl32.dll with an older version to resolve this problem.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Start a new Visual Basic Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
 * 2) In the Project Explorer window, right-click Project1.
 * 3) Leave the context menu that is displayed, and click Form1 in Project Explorer. Project1 remains highlighted.
 * 4) Click other nodes in Project Explorer, and the object is selected, but Project1 remains highlighted.

Additional query words: treeview

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbide kbtreeview kbcmnctrls kbideproject KB278492

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