BUG: Alignment Property of TextBox Always Aligns to the Left

 Last reviewed: February 10, 1998
Article ID: Q180756
The information in this article applies to:
  • Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Setting the Alignment property of a TextBox has no affect on the justification of the text placed inside a TextBox. The text always appears justified on the left. This happens on the Windows CE Device and within the emulator.

RESOLUTION

Set the multiline property of the Textbox to True.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

  2. Click OK to dismiss the Project Properties dialog.

  3. On Form1, draw three TextBoxes (Text1, Text2 and Text3).

  4. Set the Alignment properties of the Textboxes as follows: 

          Text1 = 0 - Left Justify
      Text2 = 1 - Right Justify
      Text3 = 2 - Center

  5. Press the F5 key to run the application and note that the default text in each textbox appears on the left. 
Keywords          : vb5all vbce
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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Last reviewed: February 10, 1998
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