FIX: Accelerator Keys Not Handled in a UserControl When Hosted by Internet Explorer

An ActiveX Control does not respond to Accelerator Keys, such as END, when hosted in Internet Explorer.

This is a known bug.

This has been fixed in the Visual Studio Service Pack 3.

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 Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

The special navigation and selection accelerator keys do not work in the standard Visual Basic controls in an ActiveX control in the browser.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start an ActiveX Control project in Visual Basic 6.0.
2. Place a textbox on the control.
3. Save the project.
4. From the Visual Basic Add-Ins menu, select the Add-In Manager.
5. Make sure the Packaging and Deployment Wizard (PDW) is loaded and close that dialog box.
6. Select the PDW from the Add-Ins menu.
7. Allow PDW to save and compile the control, then select Internet packaging.
8. Accept the rest of the default options for the PDW.
9. Open the .htm file created in the previous step with Internet Explorer.
10. Click in the textbox on the control to give it focus and press HOME or END.

If you built the control without Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 3 installed, nothing will happen.

For further information on building ActiveX controls see the Component Development section of the MSDN Web Workshop (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop)

For related Knowledge Base articles and FAQs refer to the Technical Assistance option of that section.