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Q191550: BUG: DateTimePicker Won’t Scroll Full Text in Visible Combo Area

Article: Q191550
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 16-MAY-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 
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SYMPTOMS
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The DateTimePicker will not scroll the full text in the visible combo area if
you use a Custom Format that contains more characters than the width of the
visible combo area.

CAUSE
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The focus only moves to parts of the actual date and not the text that is just
part of the formatting.

RESOLUTION
==========

Make the Width property large enough to display the entire formatted date.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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You will not be able to scroll the text in a DateTimePicker control if you use a
custom format that has more characters then the control is able to display.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

2. From the Project menu, choose Components and select "Microsoft Windows Common
  Controls-2 6.0" and then click the OK button.

3. Add a DTPicker control, named DTPicker1, to Form1.

4. Set the following properties on DTPicker1:

          CustomFormat = 'Welcome to ' dddd', the ' dd'th of 'MMMM
          Format = 3 - dtpCustom
          Width = 2300

5. Save and run the project.

6. Select the month at the very end of the combo area.

7. Use the arrow keys to try and get the "Welcome to" to display in the combo
  area. Note that the focus moves from the month to the day and weekday, but
  not to the text, so that "Welcome to" never displays.

Additional query words: kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug

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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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