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Q285932: BUG: MaxLength Property Is Ignored When Alignment Is Changed

Article: Q285932
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 12-APR-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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When the MaxLength property of a TextBox control is set at design time, and the
Alignment property of the control is changed at run time, the MaxLength value is
ignored.

RESOLUTION
==========

To work around this problem, reset and assign the MaxLength property at run
time. See the code sample in the "More Information" section.

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 standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. Add a TextBox control to Form1.

3. Set the MaxLength property of the TextBox control to 1.

4. Paste the following code into the code window of Form1:

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      Text1.Text = ""
      Text1.Alignment = 1
  ' To work around this bug, uncomment the following two lines of code.
  '    Text1.MaxLength = 0
  '    Text1.MaxLength = 1
  End Sub

5. Press the F5 key to run the program.

6. Type multiple characters in the TextBox control, and notice that the
  MaxLength property is ignored.

NOTE: This bug does not occur in Visual Basic 5.0 because the Alignment property
is read-only at run time.

Additional query words: left right center justify

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

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