DOCUMENT:Q171481 11-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :FIX: Cannot Set the Enabled Property of an UpDown Control PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Setting the Enabled property of an UpDown control has no effect on the enabled state of the control. The UpDown control does not appear disabled when its Enabled property is set to False. Additionally, the UpDown control responds to user events even with its Enabled property set to False. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2. For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Open a new "Standard EXE" project in Visual Basic. 2. Click Components on the Project menu. Check "Microsoft Common Controls-2 5.0," and click OK. 3. Add an UpDown control to Form1. 4. Set the Enabled property of UpDown1 to False. 5. Add the following code to the Change event of UpDown1. Debug.Print "UpDown1 Value = " & UpDown1.Value 6. Press the F5 key to run the project. Click UpDown1. Note that the Change event is triggered even though the Enabled property is set to False. Additional query words: comct232.ocx up down arrow arrows ====================================================================== Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 Version : 5.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.