FIX: Cannot Set the ComboBox Text in the Click Event in Visual Basic 6.0 (260098)

The information in this article applies to:

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

This article was previously published under Q260098

SYMPTOMS

When you select a change in the item of a ComboBox control in the Combo1_Click event in Visual Basic 6.0, the result is blank.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

To reproduce this behavior, perform the following:

Open a Standard.exe file, and then select Form1 (the default form).
Drag-and-drop the ComboBox control on Form1.
Double-click the ComboBox control.

Add the following code to the form:

Combo1.AddItem "111 Mary"
Combo1.AddItem "222 Joe"
Combo1.AddItem "333 Jack"

Add the following code to the Combo1_Click event:
```
Combo1.Text = MID(Combo1.Text, 4)
						
```

REFERENCES

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	12/12/2005
Keywords:	kbBug kbfix kbVBp600fix kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix KB260098 kbAudDeveloper