BUG: Label Caption Property Displays Default Value

• Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If the Caption property of a Label is set at design-time, querying the Label Caption property will reflect the default caption (such as "Label1") instead of the caption that was set at design-time.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, do one of two things:

1. Set the Caption property of a Label at run-time before querying the Caption property. For example:

         Private Sub Form_Load()
             Label1.Caption = "Hello World"
         End Sub
   
   

2. Use a TextBox and its Text property, setting the following properties to make it appear as a label:

         Appearance = 0 - Flat
         BackColor = &H8000000F&
         BorderStyle = 0 - None
   

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a CommandButton to Form1.

3. Add a Label control to Form1 (named Label1 by default).

4. Change the Caption property of the Label to "Hello World."

5. Add the following code to the CommandButton Click event:

         Private Sub Command1_Click()
             MsgBox Label1.Caption
         End Sub
   
   

6. Run the project and note that the message box displays "Label1."

Keywords          : vb5all vbce
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending