| Author: |
Carlos J. Quintero (Microsoft MVP) |
Applies to: |
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 |
| Date: |
May 2004 |
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Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 |
| Updated: |
February 2009 |
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Introduction
If you have a document with two windows open (such as a code window and a designer
window), the Document.ActiveWindow property returns the first window which was
opened for the document, not the active one.
Cause
This is a bug of Visual Studio .NET 2002/2003. It was fixed in Visual Studio
2005.
More Information
Steps to reproduce the problem:
- Create a macro with this code:
| Language: VB.NET |  Copy Code (IE only) |
Sub MyMacro()
Dim objDocument As Document
Dim objWindow As Window
objDocument = DTE.ActiveDocument
If Not (objDocument Is Nothing) Then
objWindow = objDocument.ActiveWindow
If Not (objWindow Is Nothing) Then
MessageBox.Show("Active Window: " & objWindow.Caption)
End If
End If
End Sub
- In the IDE, create a Windows Form application and open the code window
"Form1.vb" and the design window "Form1.vb [Design]", in this order.
- Ensure that the "Form1.vb [Design]" window is the active one and execute
the macro. Unexpectedly, you get that the active window is the code window
"Form1.vb" instead of the design window "Form1.vb [Design]". This happens both
in MDI mode and in Tabbed mode.
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