BUG: Cannot Change Left and Top of Invisible Sheridan Control

 Last reviewed: October 8, 1996
Article ID: Q150183
The information in this article applies to:
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If the Left and Top properties of a Sheridan frame control are set to new values before the Width of the control is changed while the control is invisible, the Left and Top properties will retain their original values.

STATUS

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

WORKAROUND

Set the Width property of the control before setting the Left and Top values.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

  1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

  2. Place a Sheridan Frame control on to Form1. From the Tools menu, select Custom Controls to add the Sheraton controls to the toolbar.

  3. Place the following code into the Click event for Form1: 

       Private Sub Form_Click()

      SSFrame1.Visible = False

      SSFrame1.Top = SSFrame1.Top + 1000

      SSFrame1.Left = SSFrame1.Left + 1000

      SSFrame1.Width = SSFrame1.Width + 1000

      SSFrame1.Visible = True

   End Sub

  4. Run the project by pressing F5. Click on the Form, and the Left and Top properties of the Frame control remain the same.

To implement the workaround above, change the code in the Click event of Form1 to the following: 

   Private Sub Form_Click()

      SSFrame1.Visible = False

      SSFrame1.Width = SSFrame1.Width + 1000

      SSFrame1.Top = SSFrame1.Top + 1000

      SSFrame1.Left = SSFrame1.Left + 1000

      SSFrame1.Visible = True

   End Sub

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: PrgCtrls

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Last reviewed: October 8, 1996
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