BUG: Gauge Custom Control: Valid NeedleWidth Range 1 to 32767

- Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows,

  versions 2.0 and 3.0

  system for Windows, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you add the Gauge custom control control to a form, the NeedleWidth property incorrectly displays a value of 0 in the Settings box on the Properties bar. After running the Visual Basic application, the Settings box will display the correct default value of 1, unless the property was modified during run time.

RESOLUTION

The valid range for the NeedleWidth property of the Gauge custom control is 1 to 32,767. Attempting to set the NeedleWidth property to a value outside this range resets the value to 1.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N) if Visual Basic is already running. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add the GAUGE.VBX file to your project by choosing Add File (CTRL+F12) from the File menu and selecting GAUGE.VBX from the appropriate directory.

3. Add the Gauge control to Form1.

4. Select the NeedleWidth property from the Properties list box to display the default NeedleWidth value. Note that the value is set to 0, which is outside the valid range of this property.

5. From the Run menu, choose Start (ALT, R, S) to run the program.

6. Double-click the form's Control box to end the application.

7. Again, select the NeedleWidth property from the Properties list box to display the default NeedleWidth Value. Note that the value is now set to 1.