FIX: Cannot Set Width/Height of UserControl in Resize Event

• Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In the versions of Microsoft Visual Basic listed at the beginning of this article, you may be unable to enforce a UserControl's maximum size, minimum size, or fixed size in the UserControl's Resize event. If you set the UserControl's Height and/or Width property during the Resize event, the UserControl may not be set to the specified dimensions when resized in a container.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new "ActiveX Control" project in Visual Basic.

2. Set the following properties of UserControl1.

      Property           Value
      --------           -----
      Height             1995
      Width              1995
      BackColor          &H000000FF&
   
   

3. Add the following code to the Resize Event of UserControl1.

         Height = 1995
         Width = 1995
   

4. Close the window for UserControl1.

5. Click Add Project on the File menu. Select "Standard EXE" and click Open.

6. Draw an instance of UserControl1 on Form1.

7. Resize the control by dragging the top-left sizing handle. Note that the control does not resize to 1995 by 1995 as expected.

Keywords          : vb5all VS97FixlistSP3 VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack