BUG: Assertion Failure When Handling xN_SETFOCUS in CFormView
Article ID: 142274
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Foundation Class Library 4.2, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Learning Edition
This article was previously published under Q142274
SYMPTOMS
Focus notifications (EN_SETFOCUS, BN_SETFOCUS, and so on) for controls in a
CFormView are usually handled in the CFormView class. Calling a function
that relies on the window handle of the control (m_hWnd) inside such a
handler may cause an assertion failure in Afxwin2.inl. This happens only if
the control is the first one in the tab order.
CAUSE
The assertion failure occurs because the focus handler for the control is
being called before OnInitialUpdate() is called for the CFormView.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, make sure that the m_hWnd member of the
control is not NULL before calling any function that relies on it.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in
Visual C++ 4.1.
Sample Code
The following illustrates calling SetSel in the for an Edit control.
void CSettestView::OnSetFocusEdit1()
{
if(NULL != m_Edit.m_hWnd)
m_Edit.SetSel( 0,1 );
}
Additional query words: kbVC400bug 4.00 4.10
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