XL97: Cannot Scroll to Last Item in a List Box

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you scroll through a list box on a worksheet or a UserForm, you may not be able to scroll to the last item in the list.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• The height of the list box is too small to display the entire list at one time.

      -and-
  

• The last item in the list is not displayed; for example, the last item may not be displayed if you scroll to the top of the list.

      -and-
  

• You run a macro to change the height of the list box while the last item in the list is not displayed.

WORKAROUND

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• Scroll to the last item in the list box before you run a macro that increases the height of the list box.

      -or-
  

• If you want to run a macro that changes the height of the list box, change the height of the list box by setting it to a value instead of calculating the height in an operation.

  The following sample line of code fails:

        ListBox1.Height = ListBox1.Height + 10
  

  However, the following sample line of code works correctly:

        ListBox1.Height = 80
  

STATUS

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