Q215448: BUG: ComboBox Scroll Event Might Not Fire

Article: Q215448
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 1.0,3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbToolkit kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbOSWinCE100 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 16-APR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0 
- Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Under certain circumstances (outlined below), the Scroll Event of a ComboBox may
not fire.

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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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual
  Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a ComboBox to Form1.

3. Add the following code to Form1:

  Option Explicit

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      Dim x
      For x = 1 To 10
          Combo1.AddItem "item: " & x
      Next
  End Sub

  Private Sub Combo1_Scroll()
      Form1.Print "scroll"
  End Sub

4. Run the project.

5. Click the first item in the ComboBox and drag the mouse (or stylus) down
  until the ComboBox scrolls. Note that the Scroll Event of the ComboBox does
  not fire.

6. Scroll through the ComboBox using the vertical scrollbar. Note that the
  Scroll Event fires as expected.

Additional query words: vbce vbce6 wince wce eVB

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Keywords          : kbToolkit kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbOSWinCE100 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch kbVCeMb kbWinCETK100VB600
Version           : :1.0,3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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