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Q149776: BUG: BACKSPACE Key Doesn’t Reset Matching on DBList or DBCombo

Article: Q149776
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVBDB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-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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Pressing the BACKSPACE key, after typing a search argument in a DBList or
DBCombo control, does not clear the search argument when the MatchEntry property
is set to 1-Extended Matching as shown in the online Help.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this issue and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

RESOLUTION
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Use the HOME key to move to the top of the list and to reset matching.

MORE INFORMATION
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The online Help topic, Implementing the DBList and DBCombo controls, states that
the search argument is cleared when the user presses the BACKSPACE key. This
does not occur.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start 32-bit Visual Basic 4.0. If it is already running, on the File menu,
  click New Project.

2. Add a Data and a DBList control to the Form1 form.

3. Set the indicated properties of the following controls:

  Control     Default Name   Property           Value
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  Data        Data1          DatabaseName       BIBLIO.MDB
                             RecordSource       Authors

  DBList      DBList1        DataSource         Data1
                             RowSource          Data1
                             BoundColumn        Author
                             DataField          Author
                             ListField          Author
                             MatchEntry         1-Extended Matching

4. On the Run menu, click Start, or press F5. Type a character and note that the
  first author name matching the character is highlighted. When you press the
  BACKSPACE key, nothing happens.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp600bug kbdse kbDSupport kbVBp DBList DBCombo MatchEntry kbControl

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVBDB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600 kbVB400Search kbVB400
Issue type        : kbbug

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