[RESOLVED] Error 50003 Vista Only on Minimize

[Cbyte]

Hi, I have a strange unexpected error coming up with my app only on Vista! I have tracked down the bug, when my main form is minimized a MSN Messenger style popup appears (frmReminder) to give the user a reminder message, the process giving off the error is below, the specific line is (Me.Left = Screen.Width - Me.Width).

Public Function Iniciar(Texto As String, Index As Integer)
    If frmMain.ManualClick = False Then
        Unload Me
    Else
        
     
        Dim WindowRect As RECT
        SystemParametersInfo SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, WindowRect, 0
        
        taskbar = ((Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) - WindowRect.PAbj) * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
        
       
        Me.Left = Screen.Width - Me.Width '<---- Line giving off the error!  <----
        Me.Top = Screen.Height '- Me.Height - taskbar
        resto = Screen.Height - Me.Height - taskbar
     
        a = Me.Height
        lblCaption.Caption = Texto
        
   
        
        Me.Show
        Timer1.Enabled = True
       
        
        SetTopMost
        SetTranci
        Me.Top = Screen.Height - taskbar
        tmrSlideIn.Enabled = True
        Me.Left = Screen.Width - Me.Width
        Me.Height = 0
    End If
End Function

Any ideas? This one has me stumped...

[westconn1]

maybe try

if not me.windowstate = vbminimized then Me.Left = Screen.Width - Me.Width

[Cbyte]

hey thanks for the suggestion I am on my laptop and will try it when I get home. By the way how do I make my code vb6 formatted, i tried the code option and it just put it in a box, tried the vbcode option didnt do anything. Will give an update on the error.

[westconn1]

as far as i could tell, you can only use vbcode tags in quick reply, not advanced

[si_the_geek]

In the "advanced" editor the VBCode button asks you which language to use - which is: VB
(you can enter various others, such as C, PHP, SQL, ....)

If you use the VBCode button in the Quick Reply, it will not ask you.. if you "Post Quick Reply" the VB is automatically added, but if you "Go Advanced" it isn't - so you need to add it manually.

The way the tags should look is like this:
[HIGHLIGHT=vb] code here [/HIGHLIGHT]

[Cbyte]

I tried the suggestion it didnt work, it seems vista gives the error the moment i try do anything to the form. I even tried at the start of the routine msgbox me.windowstate..crash... msgbox me.left... crash.... msgbox me.top crash....

Just in case here is the code from frmMain (resize event) which then calls this code to show the alert on frmReminder...

NoPopup = NoPopup + 1
            If NoPopup < 1 Then NoPopup = 1
            Set PopUp(NoPopup) = New frmReminder 'Form2
            PopUp(NoPopup).Iniciar "msg here", NoPopup
            If NoPopup = 3 Then NoPopup = 0

[Cbyte]

Well, I fixed it... But I am not able to tell anyone what was wrong with the code because I dont know!

All I did was scrap all existing alert code and replaced with some new fresh msn style alert code from pscode.com... That did the trick.

[westconn1]

even in XP i have had problems when using new forms, after calling a new from i was unable to open a msgbox until all the code finished and control passed back to the user