FIX: FormatString Ignored for Fixed Columns in MSHFlexGrid

• Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you specify justification settings in the FormatString Property of the Microsoft Hierarchical Flexgrid control, the justification is ignored for fixed columns.

RESOLUTION

Following are two alternatives, both of which have limitations:

• If possible, use the Microsoft FlexGrid control. The FlexGrid control is not affected by this problem.



• Avoid using fixed columns when using the Hierarchical FlexGrid.

STATUS

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:


Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a Visual Basic Standard EXE Project. Form1 is created by default.



2. From the Project menu, choose Components and then select the Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB). Click OK.



3. Place an instance of the Hierarchical FlexGrid on Form1.



4. Place the following code in the General Declarations section of Form1:




      Option Explicit

      Private Sub Form_Load()
         Dim strFormat As String
         ' The '^' in strFormat is a Center Justify instruction
         strFormat = "^AAA      |^BBBB      |^CCC      "
         MSHFlexGrid1.Rows = 10
         MSHFlexGrid1.Cols = 3
         For i = 0 To 9
            For j = 0 To 2
               MSHFlexGrid1.TextMatrix(i, j) = "XXX"
            Next j
         Next i
         MSHFlexGrid1.FormatString = strFormat
      End Sub 

5. Run the Project. Note that the justification does not take effect on the fixed column (that is, column 1.)

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbservicepack kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpVB kbVS600sp3fix
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug