Anyone had this problem when installing app on Win Me??

[aussiecyclone]

Hi,

My app is VB5 and developed in Win Me, in IDE run it works ok. When an exe or distribution disk is made in Windows Me I get the following.

1. When ok buttons are clicked in MsgBoxes the app disappears if another app is open.

2. When no other app is open. If the user causes a MsgBox to appear and focus is set on a control on ok, ie. text1.setfocus. The control has the curser flashing in it but it does not have focus, I have to click it to give it focus. This happens to all TxtBoxes.

3. When a InputBox is called, the curser flashes in the textBox but does not have focus until the inputForm is clicked.

This DOES NOT HAPPEN when the app is installed on Win95 or Win98.

Q2. when my app is run, it does not show in the bottom task bar and when minimised sits on the bottom of the screen, is this normal?

Any help appreciated.

Regards,

Alan.

[aussiecyclone]

Hi,

FYI. I simply set the Form ShowInTaskbar set to True.

Strange that this happened only on Win Me?.

Alan

[John G Duffy]

1,2, and 3 are functions of Windows ME and nothing to do with VB. I noticed the same phenomenon with other non VB apps. Haven't figured out what to do about it.
Q2 sounds like your app is a MDI app and you are actually minimizing the Child window.

Just my thoughts.

John G