BUG: BACKSPACE Key Doesn't Reset Matching on DBList or DBCombo

Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q149776
4.00    | 4.00
WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT kbusage kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Pressing the BACKSPACE key, after typing a search argument in a DBList or DBCombo control, does not clear the search argument when the MatchEntry property is set to 1-Extended Matching as shown in the online Help.

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

Use the HOME key to move to the top of the list and to reset matching.

MORE INFORMATION

The online Help topic, Implementing the DBList and DBCombo controls, states that the search argument is cleared when the user presses the BACKSPACE key. This does not occur.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start 32-bit Visual Basic 4.0. If it is already running, on the File menu, click New Project.

  2. Add a Data and a DBList control to the Form1 form.

  3. Set the indicated properties of the following controls:

       Control     Default Name   Property           Value
       -------------------------------------------------------------------
    
       Data        Data1          DatabaseName       BIBLIO.MDB
                                  RecordSource       Authors
    
       DBList      DBList1        DataSource         Data1
                                  RowSource          Data1
                                  BoundColumn        Author
                                  DataField          Author
                                  ListField          Author
                                  MatchEntry         1-Extended Matching
    
    

  4. On the Run menu, click Start, or press F5. Type a character and note that the first author name matching the character is highlighted. When you press the BACKSPACE key, nothing happens.


Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb432 DBList DBCombo MatchEntry
KBCategory: kbusage kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: APrgCtrlsCus
Keywords : PrgCtrlsCus kbbuglist kbusage
Version : 4.00 | 4.00
Platform : NT WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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