BUG: Menu Text May Appear on Second Monitor

Article ID: Q139077

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Cross-Development Edition for Macintosh

SYMPTOMS

When running a Visual C++ application on a Macintosh that has two monitors, you may see menu text appear on both monitors.

CAUSE

This occurs when both of the following are true:

The Macintosh is configured with two monitors, and the user has the option to display the menu on either monitor. The primary monitor displaying the menu is configured to appear to the left of the secondary monitor.
The length of the menu text is greater than the width of the primary screen.

Under these conditions, the underlined characters for menu items that should not appear due to the width of the primary screen will appear on the secondary screen.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, limit the amount of text in the menu bar to what will fit on the primary monitor, or reconfigure the position of the secondary monitor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Cross Development Edition for Macintosh. We are researching the problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The Monitors Control Panel allows the user to specify which monitor is the primary monitor and the relative position of the monitors.

Keywords          : kbMAC kbVC MacPrgIss 
Version           : 2.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug