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Article: Q201583
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbButton kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 21-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- 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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A toolbar control that is placed on a Visual Basic form and aligned with the
left or right side of the form does not resize to fit a button that has a
caption wider than the width of the toolbar.

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In Visual Basic 6.0, create a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. On the Project menu, click Components, select Microsoft Windows Common
  Controls 6.0, and click OK.

3. Place a Toolbar control on Form1.

4. Place a CommandButton on the Toolbar by right-clicking it and selecting
  Properties. Click the Buttons tab and click Insert button.

5. In the Properties dialog box, change the Caption property for the
  CommandButton to This is a long caption and click OK.

6. In the Properties window, set the Align property for the Toolbar control to
  vbAlignLeft or vbAlignRight.

7. Run the program. Note that the Toolbar control does not resize to fit the
  CommandButton, and the button appears to be clipped. Setting the Width or
  ButtonWidth property of the Toolbar control has no effect on the size of the
  control.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194915 BUG: Toolbar ButtonMenu May Not Display Correctly

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbButton kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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Q201583: BUG: Toolbar Does Not Resize to Fit the Caption of a Button