How To Determine if DBCombo MatchEntry Property is Read- only (154816)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0

This article was previously published under Q154816

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to determine whether the MatchEntry property of the DBCombo is read-only. When setting the MatchEntry property of a DBCombo control to "1 - Extended Matching"(at run time or design time), Visual Basic may report that the "Property is read-only."

MORE INFORMATION

Extended Matching may be used only when the DBCombo control has the Style property set to "2 - Dropdown List." This restriction is not documented.

Additionally, there is a bug in the Custom Properties dialog of the 32-bit DBCombo control. The Custom Properties dialog reports "Property is read only" if both the style is changed to "2 - Dropdown List," the MatchEntry property is changed to "1 - Extended Matching," and then the changes are applied. This error is not reported if the style is changed and applied first followed by changing and applying the MatchEntry property.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/13/2004
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