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Q150228: BUG: BackColor Property of OCX Control Saved in Decimal

Article: Q150228
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 20-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The BackColor property of OCX controls is saved in Decimal format inside Form
files. This is contrary to the format stored for Forms, which saves its
BackColor property in a Hexadecimal format.

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.

WORKAROUND
==========

There is no workaround to prevent Visual Basic from saving the BackColor
properties of OCX controls in a Decimal format. However, any program that parses
the text Form files detects whether the number is in a Hexadecimal format since
Hexadecimal numbers are preceded by an ampersand (&) character.

MORE INFORMATION
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Although the BackColor property of OCX controls is saved in a Decimal format, it
is displayed as Hexadecimal.

Steps To Reproduce Problem
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1. Start a new project in Visual Basic 4.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Change the BackColor property of Form1 to any color other than the default
  gray.

3. Place a Sheridan Panel control on Form1. Change its BackColor property to the
  same color you chose for Form1.

4. From the File menu, select Save File As to save the Form.

5. Open the form file in Notepad or another text editor. Note that the BackColor
  property of the Form is saved in Hexadecimal format and the BackColor
  property of the control is saved in a Decimal format.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport KBIDE

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVB500 kbVB600 kbVB400Search kbVB400
Version           : :4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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