Comments on: MZ Tools Non-Modal Dialogs

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:38:00 +0000

Thanks Carlos. Even though I have to use my mouse, it’s still a great program.

By: Carlos Quintero (MZ-Tools developer)

Carlos Quintero (MZ-Tools developer) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:01:00 +0000

This problem was introduced here (so, reinstalling an old version with the latest one on the web site introduces the problem on your machine):

MZ-Tools 3.00.1184 released (December 1, 2008)

* Fixed: non-modal windows such as Find, Add Procedure or MsgBox Assistant did not show the window border on Windows Vista with Aero activated.

To fix that problem for Aero in Vista I switched from non-modal forms to toolwindows, which are a different kind of form provided by the VBA environment (they are dockable, etc.) and don't have the border problem. Unfortunately there seems to be a bug in the VBA API that causes that keyboard shortcuts, etc. don't work as you have discovered. While I am unable to fix the problem of accelerators and Tab key, I can fix the problem of the Enter key. See:

MZ-Tools 3.00.1189 released (December 1, 2009)

* Fixed: the Find window didn't recognize the Enter key when the focus was in the Find textbox/combobox in the VBA version of MZ-Tools. This bug was introduced in build 3.00.1184 (December 1, 2008) that replaced a modeless Find form by a toolwindow.

Basically non-modal forms have always cause trouble in all Microsoft IDEs. Toolwindows are the way to go, but they have had problems with accelerators for 3rd party add-ins in all Microsoft IDEs too...

I will try to fix the Enter key problem of the Add Procedure or MsgBox assistant when I have some spare time. Feel free to contact me on the MZ-Tools web site.

By: Charles Hall

Charles Hall — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:25:00 +0000

I have the same problem – it has not worked for me in a long time – it might be due to moving to a new computer and reinstalling everything. It is quite annoying. Not only do the accelerator keys not work, nor the tab but also the default enter key does not work

By: jkpieterse

jkpieterse — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:45:00 +0000

Works fine on my WinXP/Office 2003 setup.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:14:00 +0000

It definitively doesn't work on my machine (Win XP SP 3 / Excel 2010 beta). In addition to the userform accelerators not working, the tab key does not do its job.

The keys work well with a modeless userform in my own addin.

I notice that the MZ Tools userform has a special title bar. It appears that the programmer used API calls to change the window appearance? Could it be that that is the problem?