PRB: Appearance of Combo/DBCombo Always 3D under Win95

Last reviewed: September 25, 1997
Article ID: Q145620

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The ComboBox and DBCombo controls are displayed with a 3D appearance only under Windows 95, regardless of the value of the Appearance property. This problem does not occur with 16-bit Visual Basic 4.0 OR 5.0 applications on any operating system, nor does it occur with 32-bit applications on Windows NT.

STATUS

This is a Windows 95 32-bit limitation.

WORKAROUND

There is no known workaround.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

Select the File/New Project menu option to create a new project.
Add one of the combo controls (any style) to Form1.
Set Appearance of the control to 0 (Flat).

In design and run mode, the appearance of the control remains 3D.

Keywords          : PrgCtrlsCus vb432 VB4WIN vb5all
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: September 25, 1997
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