FIX: A Picture Box Containing Labels May Not Repaint Correctly (150182)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 4.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 4.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 4.0

This article was previously published under Q150182

SYMPTOMS

A picture box that contains labels and is larger than the screen size does not repaint correctly.

RESOLUTION

Use text boxes without borders - BorderStyle set to None - and a BackColor set to the same color as the label to substitute for the labels. The text boxes should be made read-only.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

110403 How to Create a Read-Only Text Box Using SendMessage API

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

Start a new project. Form1 is created by default. Place a picture box on the form, and then place a label control inside the picture box.
In the Properties window for the picture box, change the Height property to a large value, such as 20000.
Drag the picture box up until you can view the lower border. Notice that the section of the picture box that was below the screen does not correctly repaint. When the label is removed, the problem goes away.

NOTE: This problem can also occur at run-time.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	6/28/2004
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix KB150182