HOWTO: Determine if DBCombo MatchEntry Property is Read-only

ID: Q154816

The information in this article applies to:

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to determine whether the MatchEntry property of the DBCombo is read-only. When setting the MatchEntry property of a DBCombo control to "1 - Extended Matching"(at run time or design time), Visual Basic may report that the "Property is read-only."

MORE INFORMATION

Extended Matching may be used only when the DBCombo control has the Style property set to "2 - Dropdown List." This restriction is not documented.

Additionally, there is a bug in the Custom Properties dialog of the 32-bit DBCombo control. The Custom Properties dialog reports "Property is read only" if both the style is changed to "2 - Dropdown List," the MatchEntry property is changed to "1 - Extended Matching," and then the changes are applied. This error is not reported if the style is changed and applied first followed by changing and applying the MatchEntry property.

Keywords          : kbVBp400 PrgCtrls VB4WIN 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : NT WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: November 12, 1998