FIX: RichTextBox Cleared When BorderStyle Changes at Run-Time

ID: Q171475

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Visual Basic 5.0, when the Borderstyle of a RichTextBox control is changed at run-time, the text of the RichTextBox is cleared.

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new "Standard EXE" project.

2. On the Project menu, click Components. Check "Microsoft RichTextBox

   Control 5.0."

3. Add a RichTextBox control and a CommandButton to Form1.

4. Add the following code to the Click event of Command1:

      If RichTextBox1.BorderStyle = 0 Then
         RichTextBox1.BorderStyle = 1
      Else
         RichTextBox1.BorderStyle = 0
      End If

5. Press the F5 key to run the project.

6. Type any text in the RichTextBox control and then click Command1. Note

   that the text of the RichTextBox is cleared.

Additional query words: rtf richtext

Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbvbp500sp2fix 
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: June 7, 1999