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VBCE KB Articles as of 05-12-98

Info Articles
INFO:Copying Files to the Remote Device May Fail
INFO: VBCEDoes Not Run on Windows 95
INFO: VBCEUnable to Automate Pocket Word and Pocket Excel
INFO:Error Messages Shared Between VBCE and VBScript
INFO:Application Default Location is hpc Folder
INFO:DrawText Method Is Implemented But Not Documented
INFO:System Requirements for Windows CE Toolkit for VB 5.0
INFO:Misleading Location for VBCE Application Install Wizard
INFO: VBCEDoes Not Run on Windows 95
INFO: Textand Label Size Limitations in VBCE
INFO:Printing Features Not Available in VBCE
INFO:Buglist for Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5, Ver.1.0
INFO: WhatDoes Visual Basic 5.0 Have That VBCE Doesn't Have?

How to Articles
HOWTO:Manually Uninstall Visual Basic CE Applications
HOWTO: Usethe Control Manager in CE Toolkit for Visual Basic
HOWTO:Display Extended ASCII WingDings on DBCS Systems

Problem Articles
PRB:Running Project Causes Error While Attempting to Load Form
PRB:ComboBox Text Property Does Not Update Properly

Doc bug Articles
DOC:PictureBox Does Not Display Certain Graphics Files

Bug Articles

    Control Bugs
    Form Bugs
    Misc Bugs

Controls:

BUG: AnEmpty ListBox Generates a DoubleClick Event
BUG:TabStop Property Does Not Work
BUG: LabelSet to Autosize Is Not Wide Enough
BUG:Alignment Property of TextBox Always Aligns to the Left
BUG: LineControls Drawn on a Frame Are Not Visible at Run-time
BUG:SetFocus Changes CommandButton Value to True
BUG: ErrorWhen Assigning a Text String to a TextBox
BUG:Incorrect Error Returned With FileSystem.GetAttr
BUG:Multiline TextBoxes Show Lines When Scrolling Up
BUG:TextBoxes Are Not Properly Redrawn in Emulation
BUG:ScrollBar Slider Does Not Stop at the Mouse Cursor
BUG: LabelCaption Property Displays Default Value
BUG:Right-Justified Label Caption Is Aligned Improperly
BUG: TextIs Aligned Too Far Left and Up in TextBox
BUG:Standard Style CommandButton Displays a BackColor
BUG: ArrowKeys Do Not Work with Option Buttons in Frames
BUG:Passing Variant Array to WriteFields Method Generates Error
BUG:ScrollBars Appear Incorrectly in Run-mode
BUG: DirMethod of FileSystem Control Ignores vbNormal
BUG: ErrorOccurs When Placing an MFC-Based Control on a Form
BUG: FileControl's EOF Property Is Always Set to False
BUG:CommandButton Receives Keystroke from Open Dialog
BUG:ListBox Text Property Not Functional
BUG:ComboBox Events Do Not Fire When Contained in a Frame
BUG:TextBox Does Not Scroll to the Caret Position
BUG:SelText Does Not Return Last Character in Text Box
BUG:Controls in Frame Shifted Down When Form Has Menu
BUG:ListBox Sorted Property Does Not Sort

Forms:

BUG: ErrorOccurs When Placing an MFC-Based Control on a Form
BUG:App.End in Unload Event Causes Error
BUG:ShowInTaskBar Forms Still Appear When Set to False
BUG:Form.ScaleHeight and Form.ScaleWidth Do Not Function
BUG: FormActivate Event May Not Fire as Expected
BUG: FormMove Event Can Generate Error Message
BUG: LabelControl BackStyle Property Does Not Work
BUG:Checkboxes Always Appear Three-Dimensional (3D)
BUG:Enabled Property of Label Does Not Change Appearance
BUG: Form Is Movable When Maximized
BUG:Closing a Form with Control Box "X" Only Hides Form
BUG:Setting WindowState = 0 Doesn't Set Window State to Normal
BUG:Invalid Form BorderStyle Value Does Not Raise Error
BUG:Forms.Count and Controls.Count Collections Cause Error
BUG: LinesDrawn on Form Disappear After Menu Covers Them
BUG: FormResize Event Does Not Fire

Misc:

BUG:KeyPress Event Code Does Not Reset Value of Keystroke
BUG: CodeOutside of Procedures Executes on Application Startup
BUG: HeapWalker ASCII Display Drops Characters
BUG: MenuShortcuts May Not Be Disabled with Form
BUG:Explicitly Referring to Variables in a Module Causes Error
BUG:Procedures Continue When Application Ends
BUG:ScaleLeft and ScaleTop Do Not Function
BUG:App.End in the Form Load Event Causes Application Error
BUG:Invalid Index Passed to Screen.Fonts Collection Causes GPF
BUG: SubMain Does Not Transfer Control to Form
BUG: MenuShortcut Keys Do Not Always Work
BUG: Error451 "Object not a collection" When Using Left()
DOC: ForEach ... Next Statement Does Not Work for Collections
BUG:Private Variables in a Module are Public
BUG: Undo(CTRL+Z) Deletes Procedure Declarations