BUG: Microsoft Grid Control Cannot Load a Metafile (172121)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
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 Q172121

SUMMARY

The documentation for the Microsoft Grid control (the Picture property description for the Grid control in the Help file) states that it is able to load a metafile into the Picture property. This is incorrect for the Microsoft Grid control, but valid for the controls listed under "Applies To" >>reference?<< for the Picture Property. The Microsoft Grid control can only load bitmaps and icons into the Picture property.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Steps To Reproduce the Problem

Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Place a Microsoft Grid Control on to Form1.

In the Load event for Form1, place the following code:

   Private Sub Form_Load()
       Grid1.Picture = LoadPicture("C:\VB4\metafile\arrows\2DARROW1.WMF")
   End Sub

Run the project by pressing the F5 key. The following error message is received:
Run-time error '30008' Not a valid Picture type

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	6/29/2004
Keywords:	kbbug KB172121