BUG:Sheridan Panel Doesn't Correctly Align if Visible is False

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Sheridan Panel control does not correctly align to the bottom of a form after a window is resized if the Visible property of the control is set to False during the resize of the window.

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 position of the status bar using code. For example, rather than setting the Visible property of the status bar to True, calculate and set the position before showing the bar. The following code aligns the bar to the bottom of a Form before showing it:

   SSPanel1.Align = 0
   SSPanel1.Top = Form1.Top + Form1.Width - SSPanel1.Width
   SSPanel1.Visible = True
   SSPanel1.Align = 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

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

2. Place a Sheridan Panel on the form, and set its Align property to 2 - Align Bottom.

3. Place two Command buttons on Form1. In the Click event for Command1, place the following code:

         Private Sub Command1_Click()
         SSPanel1.Visible = False
         End Sub
   

4. In the Click event for the second Command button, place the following code:

         Private Sub Command2_Click()
         SSPanel1.Visible = True
         End Sub
   

5. Run the project by pressing the F5 key. Click the Command1 button to cause the panel to disappear. Resize the window, and then click the Command2 button to cause the panel to reappear.

To work around the problem, place the code in the WORKAROUND Section above in the Click event of the Command2 button.