BUG: Right-Justified Label Caption Is Aligned Improperly

ID: Q180536

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0
  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When a Label control's Alignment property is set to "1 - Right Justify," and the BorderStyle property is set to "1 - Fixed Single," the caption is displayed too far to the right, resulting in the last character not being visible.


RESOLUTION

Add two spaces to the end of the caption to avoid this problem.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start a new Windows CE (HPC) Project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.


  2. Add a Label (Label1) to Form1.


  3. Set the Caption property of Label1 to "Hello World."


  4. Set the BorderStyle property of Label1 to "1 - Fixed Single."


  5. Set the Alignment property of Label1 to "1 - Right Justify."


  6. Press the F5 key to run the project and note how the Label's caption is truncated.


(c) Microsoft Corporation Mike Dixon, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by 1999, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words: VBCE VBCE5 VBCE6

Keywords : kbToolkit kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVBp600bug kbWinCE kbWinCE100 kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: February 24, 1999
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