PRB: Appearance of Combo/DBCombo Always 3D under Win95/98

ID: Q145620

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP4

SYMPTOMS

The ComboBox and DBCombo controls are displayed with a 3-D appearance only under Windows 95 or Windows 98, regardless of the value of the Appearance property.

This problem does not occur with 16-bit Visual Basic 4.0.


RESOLUTION

There is no known workaround.


STATUS

This is a Windows 95/98 32-bit limitation.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Select the File/New Project menu option to create a new project.


  2. Add one of the combo controls (any style) to Form1.


  3. Set Appearance of the control to 0 (Flat).


In design and run mode, the appearance of the control remains 3-D.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbNTOS400sp4 kbDSupport kbControl
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0; winnt:4.0 SP4
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: June 22, 1999
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