BUG: DBCombo Control Change Event Does Not Fire

Last reviewed: June 2, 1997
Article ID: Q166929

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Program code in the Change event procedure of Microsoft Visual Basic version 5.0 will not execute. Applications written using Visual Basic version 4.0 may no longer work as expected if functionality is based on responding to a Change event in a DBCombo control.

RESOLUTION

The resolution to this behavior is to replace the functional code of the Change event procedure with equivalent code entered in the Click event procedure. This code is conditioned by testing the DataChanged property of the DBCombo control.

An example of this workaround is as follows:

   Private Sub DBCombo1_Click(Area As Integer)
      If DBCombo1.DataChanged Then
         ' Any code that would normally be in the Change Event
         ' or call the Change event like this: DBCombo1_Change
         ' followed by code that resets the DataChanged property, such as:
         DBCombo1.DataChanged = False
      End IF
   End Sub

If the user normally tabs to the DBCombo control and then uses arrow keys to navigate to an item in the list, similar code would be required in the KeyPress, KeyDown and/or KeyUp event procedures. In this case, it would be more effective to write a single form-level module to replace the code of the DBCombo Change event and call it from the various places where the DBCombo.DataChanged property would be tested.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

On Form1, place two Data Controls named Data1 and Data2.

Set the following values for the properties of Data1:

   Name            Data1
   DatabaseName    C:\Program Files\DevStudio\VB\Biblio.mdb (or the
                   appropriate path to that database)
   RecordsetType   0 - Table
   RecordSource    Titles

Set the following values for the properties of Data2:

   Name            Data2
   DatabaseName    C:\Program Files\DevStudio\VB\Biblio.mdb (or the
                   appropriate path to that database)
   RecordsetType   2 - Snapshot
   RecordSource    SELECT PubID, Name FROM Publishers ORDER BY Name

Place a DBCombo control on the form.

Set the following values for the properties of DBCombo1:

   Name            DBCombo1
   BoundColumn     PubID
   DataField       PubID
   DataSource      Data1
   ListField       Name
   RowSource       Data2
   Style           0 – dbcDropDownCombo

In the module for the form, enter the following:

      Private Sub DBCombo1_Change()
         Debug.Print "In the Change Event Method"
      End Sub

Run the form. Click the down arrow to the DBCombo to open the list portion.

Click any line in the list portion. Observe the Immediate (Debug) Window.

Keywords : vb5all VBKBCtrl VBKBDB
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: June 2, 1997
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