TextBox bug?

Add a textbox to a form, set it to multiline and disable it (enabled = false). Change the alignment during run-time using the code below.

VB Code:

Text1.Alignment = vbRightJustify

On mine VB dies and I just updated it to SP5 thinking that would rectify the problem - it didn't. Applications compiled with this code also crash out.

Just curious if anyone has come across this before and if they found a work-around, or not.

-adehh

Hi,

I had this problem and I couldn't find a solution. I ended up just using the RichTextBox control instead. This does all that text box does and more.

Robin

That is not an option, I tend to avoid dependancy files as much as possible and plus the textbox holds around a max of 12 characters which would be a waste of the richtext anyway.

-adsehh

Doesnt crash on me in debug or run mode from within VB. Also,

Text1.Alignment = 1

Also works fine for me.

What version of VB are you running?

VB6, SP5

.....No crashes either here mate:wave:

I crashed on XP Pro (sp5) but not on Win98 (which does not have any service packs).

Does the OS make a difference?

oh, and i am ussing Winmdws 98 SE

It's beginning to look like OS does make a difference. There's 2 cases now where 98 hasn't crashed, I'm running 2k and it crashed out both on SP5 and normal, that's VB enterprise.

-adehh

I'm on XP Pro Sp1

I'm running WinXP Pro and I also get the same error. However, if I programmatically disable the textbox after setting the text alignment it works fine. Is that an option for you? :)

Locking the textbox rather than disabling it at design time also works. Another, perhaps better, option is to put the textbox in an invisible frame and disable the frame rather than textbox. If you choose the latter approach you can set the textbox's ForeColor to "Disabled Text" to make it look like it's disabled.

I ended up getting round it by using a label. I thought I needed use of the textheight function but recently found out that I don't so I'm not using the textbox anymore.

Still interested as to why this bug only affects some people though.

Cheers for all the replies, adehh.