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ActivatePrevious Method Uses Z-Order Defined by User

Article ID: 131290

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006


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SYMPTOMS

The ActivatePrevious and ActivateNext methods may not activate windows in the order that you expect.

WORKAROUND

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

    Sub Test()

       ' Create a new window.
       ActiveWindow.NewWindow

       ' Create a second new window.
       ActiveWindow.NewWindow

       ' For each open window, display the name of the window.
       For Each x In Windows
           MsgBox x.Caption
       Next x

   End Sub
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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