DOCUMENT:Q190504  07-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: CommandButton Style Problem with Cyrillic Script
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows Learning, Professional, and
   Enterprise Editions, version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When the Style property on a CommandButton is at its default value "0 -
Standard," the button will not display Cyrillic text in its Caption
property.

RESOLUTION
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The Style property must be set to "1 - Graphical" for Cyrillic text to
display correctly.

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select the Keyboard icon. Select Add
   from the Input Locales tab, and add "Russian." Click "Set as Default,"
   and click OK.

2. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
   default.

3. Add a Command button to Form1. Change the CommandButton Font to Arial.
   Set the Script property to Cyrillic.

4. Type a new value into the button's "Caption" property. Note that the
   caption on the button does not appear as Cyrillic script. Change the
   button's Style property to "1 - Graphical" and note that the button's
   caption displays correctly.

Additional query words: kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbdss kbDSupport kbVBp
kbControl
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Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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