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Q143406: FIX: ListView and Item Spacing

Article: Q143406
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The spacing between items in the ListView control changes, getting closer
together when you change the BorderStyle property after adding listitems to the
listview control. The problem occurs for Icon and SmallIcon views when the items
include images.

RESOLUTION
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You can work around this problem by setting the Arrange property to lvwAutoLeft
or lvwAutoTop after setting the BorderStyle property and before adding listitems
to the listview control.

STATUS
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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 Basic 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce the Problem
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1. Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N).

2. Add a Listview control to Form1.

3. Add an ImageList control to Form1.

4. Place the following code to the form load event of form1.

     Dim i As Integer
     ListView1.Arrange = lvwAutoLeft

     ImageList1.ListImages.Add , , LoadPicture("c:\windows\cars.bmp")
     Set ListView1.Icons = ImageList1
     Set ListView1.SmallIcons = ImageList1

     For i = 1 To 20
         ListView1.ListItems.Add , , "Item" & i, 1, 1
     Next

     ListView1.BorderStyle = 0

5. Run program. Result: The items are all bunched together.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbCtrl

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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