FIX: Undocumented Separator Property of a VB Menu Item

The information in this article applies to:

- Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for

  Windows, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

You may encounter an undocumented property for menu items that allows you to toggle between the caption and a separator bar. A separator bar in a menu is a horizontal line that separates menu item groups.

CAUSE

Microsoft did not intend to leave the Separator property in the Visual Basic product.

RESOLUTION

The Separator property is not documented in Visual Basic's manuals or online Help. Microsoft recommends that you not use the Separator property in your Visual Basic applications. The Separator property no longer exists in Visual Basic version 3.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed above. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows by removing the Separator property.

MORE INFORMATION

Separator Property (Applies to Menu Items)

             or allows the value of the Caption property of the
             menu item to be displayed versus a separator bar.

Usage:       [form.][menuitem.]Separator[= boolean%]

Remarks:     The Separator property settings are as follows:

             Setting       Description
             -----------------------------------------------------
             True (-1)     Disables the display of the value of
                           the Caption property as the menu item.
                           Instead, a separator bar is displayed.

             False (0)     (Default) for all other menu items.
                           The menu item will display the value
                           of the Caption property for that item.

             When a menu item is created in the menu design window,
             the value of its separator property defaults to 0 unless
             the caption of that menu item is set to a dash (-), in
             which case, the Separator property defaults to -1 and a
             separator bar is displayed for that item instead of the
             value of the Caption property.