XL97: ListBox Control Is Resized with Zero Column Width

ID: Q173700

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you add a ListBox control to a UserForm, the width of the ListBox may change unexpectedly.

CAUSE

The width of a ListBox control may change unexpectedly if both of the following conditions are true:

You add ListBox control that has multiple columns.
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You set the width of the first column in the ListBox to zero (0).

WORKAROUND

To prevent the ListBox from being resized, use a value greater than zero for the width of the first column in a multicolumn ListBox control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about the ListBox control, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "listbox," click Search, and then click to view "ListBox Control."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbprg kbui xlvbainfo 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: November 2, 1998