Microsoft KB Archive/136435

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BUG: Win32 SDK Version 3.51 Bug List - User

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Q136435

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), included with:
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51

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SUMMARY
This article lists the bugs in the Win32 API implemented in Windows NT version 3.51 that were known at the time the product was released.

MORE INFORMATION

 * GetSystemMetrics(SM_SHOWSOUNDS) and SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSHOWSOUNDS) do not return the same thing.
 * Applications do not get a WM_KILLFOCUS if the focus is taken while the window is being created.
 * 16-bit Paste Link does not clear the clipboard correctly.
 * DlgDirSelectEx does not fill in the buffer if wParam is 0 or 1.
 * GetTabbedTextExtent, TabbbedTextOut, TextOut, and ExtTextOut all fail when an incorrect string length is passed in.
 * SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER) does not update the wallpaper correctly.
 * The WH_MSGFILTER hook doesn't get MSGF_NEXTWINDOW when the user presses ALT+TAB.
 * Use of NUMLOCK as PF1 for Terminal Emulation programs does not work.
 * GetKeyState and GetKeyboardState do not update the key state if the queue is not being read.
 * If MA_NOACTIVATE is returned from WM_MOUSEACTIVATE, no windows are left active.
 * Popup menu can not be dismissed without selecting an item if the owner is not the foreground window.
 * GetMenuItemInfo returns bad information for menu items that are not type string.
 * Applications receive one extra WM_TIMER message after a call to KillTimer.
 * Edit controls clip the right edge of italic text.
 * Hotkeys not checked during journal playback.
 * Windows NT positions nonclient scrollbars differently from Windows 95.
 * CreateDesktop with pDevMode != NULL causes the screen to go blank.
 * Creating a window with WS_POPUP and WS_CHILD causes a general protection (GP) fault.
 * CreateWindowStation fails with ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY when a security descriptor greater than 64K is passed in.
 * AdjustWindowRect returns a bad value in large font video mode.

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Keywords : kbOSWinNT351bug kbGrpDSUser

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin32sSearch kbWin32API