BUG: DateTimePicker Won't Scroll Full Text in Visible Combo Area (191550)

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0

Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q191550

SYMPTOMS

The DateTimePicker will not scroll the full text in the visible combo area if you use a Custom Format that contains more characters than the width of the visible combo area.

CAUSE

The focus only moves to parts of the actual date and not the text that is just part of the formatting.

RESOLUTION

Make the Width property large enough to display the entire formatted date.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

You will not be able to scroll the text in a DateTimePicker control if you use a custom format that has more characters then the control is able to display.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
From the Project menu, choose Components and select "Microsoft Windows Common Controls-2 6.0" and then click the OK button.
Add a DTPicker control, named DTPicker1, to Form1.

Set the following properties on DTPicker1:

        CustomFormat = 'Welcome to ' dddd', the ' dd'th of 'MMMM
        Format = 3 - dtpCustom
        Width = 2300

Save and run the project.
Select the month at the very end of the combo area.
Use the arrow keys to try and get the "Welcome to" to display in the combo area. Note that the focus moves from the month to the day and weekday, but not to the text, so that "Welcome to" never displays.

Modification Type:

Minor

Last Reviewed:

4/22/2003

Keywords:

kbBug kbCtrl kbpending KB191550