FIX: ListView/ListItems Don't Refresh When ColumnHeaders Cleared

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

SYMPTOMS

When using the Clear method to remove all ColumnHeaders from a ListView control in Report View, the ListItems are not hidden as expected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open a new "Standard EXE" project.

2. Click Components on the Project menu. Check "Microsoft Windows Common Controls 5.0" and click OK.

3. Add a ListView control and a CommandButton to Form1.

4. Add the following code to Form1:

         Private Sub Command1_Click()
             ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Clear
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
             Dim itm As ListItem
             With ListView1
                 .View = lvwReport
                 .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Last Name", .Width / 3
                 .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "First Name", .Width / 3
                 Set itm = .ListItems.Add(, "Doe", "Doe")
                 itm.SubItems(1) = "John"
             End With
         End Sub
   
   

5. Run the program.

6. Click Command1. Note that the ColumnHeaders are cleared and the ListItems are not hidden as expected.