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Q150182: FIX: A Picture Box Containing Labels May Not Repaint Correctly

Article: Q150182
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 02-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A picture box that contains labels and is larger than the screen size does not
repaint correctly.

RESOLUTION
==========

Use text boxes without borders - BorderStyle set to None - and a BackColor set
to the same color as the label to substitute for the labels. The text boxes
should be made read-only.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q110403 How to Create a Read-Only Text Box Using SendMessage API

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 Problem
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1. Start a new project. Form1 is created by default. Place a picture box on the
  form, and then place a label control inside the picture box.

2. In the Properties window for the picture box, change the Height property to a
  large value, such as 20000.

3. Drag the picture box up until you can view the lower border. Notice that the
  section of the picture box that was below the screen does not correctly
  repaint. When the label is removed, the problem goes away.

NOTE: This problem can also occur at run-time.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbControl

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB400Search kbVB400
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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