BUG: Sheridan Frame and Panel Stretch Font with Move Method

Last reviewed: October 16, 1996
Article ID: Q150202
The information in this article applies to:
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If the Move method is invoked on a Sheridan Frame or Panel control, the font is stretched if the size of the control is modified by the Move method.

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

  • Since this behavior does not occur with the Microsoft Frame control, use it instead of the Sheridan Frame control.
  • Instead of using the Move method to resize the control, the width and height of the control can be adjusted directly. For example, the following code makes the Frame the same height and width as the form, and places its upper left hand corner to the upper left hand corner of the form:

          SSFrame1.Move 0, 0, Form1.ScaleWidth, Form1.ScaleHeight
    
  • Replace the line of code above with:

          SSFrame1.Width = Form1.ScaleWidth
    

          SSFrame1.Height = Form1.ScaleHeight
    

          SSFrame1.Left = Form1.ScaleLeft
    

          SSFrame1.Top = Form1.ScaleTop
    

This code will not stretch the Caption of the control.

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 Form1. If the Sheridan controls are not visible in the Toolbox, from the Tools menu, select Custom Controls, and then select Sheridan 3D Controls. In the Form_Click event, place the following code:

       Private Sub Form_Click()
       SSFrame1.Move 0, 0, Form1.ScaleWidth, Form1.ScaleHeight
    
       End Sub
    
    

  3. Run the project by pressing the F5 key. Click on the Form, and notice that the Font for the caption of the frame control is stretched.


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


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Last reviewed: October 16, 1996
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