BUG: DataRepeater Control does not Update Records

• Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the DataRepeater control scroll bar to navigate through your data-bound user controls, changes made to the fields in the user controls are not saved to the database.

CAUSE

When the DataRepeater gets the DataSource, it passes the DataSource to its BindingCollection. The BindingCollection gets the position of the current row. The DataRepeater also gets the position of the current row. Normally, the two rows should be the same; but in this case, they are not. Both calls return the same recordset object, but they contain their own Current Row information. When the user selects the current row in the DataRepeater, the Binding Collection's row position does not move, therefore the data bindings in the user-control does not get updated.

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following to work around this problem:

• Use a visible ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data control (ADODC) to scroll through the bound user-controls.
• Use a hidden ADO data control (ADODC) on your form. Add a command button to save the changed record. Paste the following code in the Click event of the command button:

  
  Private Sub SaveRecord_Click
    Adodc1.Recordset.Move 0
  End Sub 

  The following code should also work:

  
  Private Sub SaveRecord_Click
    If (Adodc1.Recordset.BOF) Then
       Adodc1.Recordset.MoveNext
       Adodc1.Recordset.MovePrevious
    Else
       Adodc1.Recordset.MovePrevious
       Adodc1.Recordset.MoveNext
    End If
  End Sub 

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

Create the UserControl

1. Create a new ActiveX Control project. UserControl1 is created by default.



2. Add a label and a text box to the UserControl. Change the caption of the label to be "Product Name" and the Name of the text box to "txtProdName".



3. Place the following statement in the General Declarations of the UserControl:

   
   Option Explicit
   
   Public Property Get ProdName() As String
      ProdName = txtProdName.Text
   End Property
   
   Public Property Let ProdName(ByVal newitem As String)
      txtProdName.Text = newitem
    End Property
   
   Private Sub txtProdName_Change()
      PropertyChanged "ProdName"
   End Sub 




4. From the Tools menu, click Procedure Attributes. Click the Advanced tab and verify that ProdName appears in the Name box.



5. Next, select the following:
   
   
   • Property is Data Bound.
   • This property binds to DataField.
   • Show in DataBindings Collection at Design Time.



6. Click OK.



7. Name your project TestCtl. Compile the project to create the .ocx file.

Create the Visual Basic Test Client Project

1. Create a new Visual Basic 6.0 EXE project. A project named Project1 and a form named Form1 are created by default.



2. Add an ADO Data control and a DataRepeater control to Form1.



3. Set the DataSourceName (or ConnectionString) and Source properties of the ADODC to point to NorthWind database.



4. Set the DataSource of the DataRepeater to the ADODC.



5. Set the DataRepeater control's RepeatedControlName property to point to TestCtl.UserControl1. The user control appears repeated within the DataRepeater control.



6. Right-click the DataRepeater control. Click Data Repeater Properties. In the Properties dialog box, click the RepeaterBindings tab. Select the ProdName property in the PropertyName box. Select the ProductName field in the DataField box. Click Add and then click OK.



7. Run the project and you will see the repeated data.



8. Change the product name in one of the data-bound usercontrols.



9. Scroll down/up through your data-bound user controls using ADODC.



10. Close your application.



11. Repeat steps 7-10 but this time use the DataRepeater's scrollbar to go through your data-bound user controls.

© Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Ammar N. Abuthuraya, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words: data repeater

Keywords : kbCtrl kbDatabase kbDataBinding kbVBp600bug kbGrpVBDB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug