PRB: Appearance of Combo/DBCombo Always 3D under Win95/98

ID: Q145620

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP4

SYMPTOMS

The ComboBox and DBCombo controls are displayed with a 3-D appearance only under Windows 95 or Windows 98, regardless of the value of the Appearance property.

This problem does not occur with 16-bit Visual Basic 4.0.

RESOLUTION

There is no known workaround.

STATUS

This is a Windows 95/98 32-bit limitation.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

Select the File/New Project menu option to create a new project.

Add one of the combo controls (any style) to Form1.

Set Appearance of the control to 0 (Flat).

In design and run mode, the appearance of the control remains 3-D.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbNTOS400sp4 kbDSupport kbControl 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0; winnt:4.0 SP4
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 22, 1999