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   Jan Hyde to All   
   Re: Long time bug in VB6   
   05 Mar 07 12:56:39   
   
   From: StellaDrinker@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com   
      
   "Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"   
   's wild thoughts were   
   released on Mon, 5 Mar 2007 05:34:45 -0500 bearing the   
   following fruit:   
      
   >> Just tried it then:   
   >> 1. New project - one form   
   >> 2. Add 4 buttons   
   >> 3. Close properties window   
   >> 4. Hold down Ctrl and click on each one until 4 selected   
   >> 5. Click one again to deselect   
   >>   
   >> Houston - we have a problem !!!! ... well on my system anyway (and the   
   >> last three computers I've owned)   
   >   
   >Yep! That procedure (and using the Shift key instead of the Control key)   
   >crashes my copy of VB also. I guess I never saw this problem before because   
   >I never close the Properties window. Just out of curiosity, why would   
   >someone close the Properties window anyway?   
      
   Before I got a flat screen my eyes could only cope with   
   800x600 - Not a lot of screen real estate to work with.   
      
   I can see why there might be occasions where you need to   
   close things down.   
      
   J   
      
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