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Q172100: PRB: Bound TextBox No Longer Populates During Form’s Load Event

Article: Q172100
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0,6.0
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 Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- 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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When a form is run, a bound Text box comes up blank even though a value is being
stored to it's Text property in the Form's Load. In prior version of Visual
Basic, the Text box came up populated if done in this manner.

RESOLUTION
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In the Form's Load, instead of:

     Text1.Text = "This text should be in the text box."

use:

     Data1.RecordSet("<field name>") = "Text to show."

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Project.

2. On the new form, add a TextBox control and a DataControl.

3. Set the following DataControl's properties as shown:

        Data1
        .DatabaseName = nwind.mdb
        .RecordSource = customers

4. Set the following Text Control's properties as shown:

        Text1
        .DataSource = Data1
        .DataField = contactname

5. Place the following code in the Form's Load Method:

        Data1.Refresh
        Data1.Recordset.AddNew
        Text1.Text = "This text should be in the text box."

6. Run the form.

Additional query words: empty kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbdse kbDSupport kbVBp

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVBDB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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