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Q171481: FIX: Cannot Set the Enabled Property of an UpDown Control

Article: Q171481
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Setting the Enabled property of an UpDown control has no effect on the enabled
state of the control. The UpDown control does not appear disabled when its
Enabled property is set to False. Additionally, the UpDown control responds to
user events even with its Enabled property set to False.

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 Studio 97 Service
Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97
Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Open a new "Standard EXE" project in Visual Basic.

2. Click Components on the Project menu. Check "Microsoft Common Controls-2
  5.0," and click OK.

3. Add an UpDown control to Form1.

4. Set the Enabled property of UpDown1 to False.

5. Add the following code to the Change event of UpDown1.

        Debug.Print "UpDown1 Value = " & UpDown1.Value

6. Press the F5 key to run the project. Click UpDown1. Note that the Change
  event is triggered even though the Enabled property is set to False.

Additional query words: comct232.ocx up down arrow arrows

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Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpDSVB kbvbp500sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500
Version           : 5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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