DOCUMENT:Q190906  07-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: DBGrid Displays Blank Rows When Modifying Column Width
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 Enterprise Edition for Windows,
   versions 5.0, 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Setting the width of a column in the properties of a bound DBGrid control
at design-time results in the DBGrid displaying blank rows.

RESOLUTION
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When doing an alternate click on the DBGrid, select "Retrieve Fields"
first, and then the column width can be modified successfully.

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

2. Under the Project - Components menu, select the following components:

    - Microsoft Data Bound Grid Control 5.0 (SP3)

    - Microsoft RemoteData Control 5.0 (SP2) in Visual Basic 5.0 or

    - Microsoft RemoteData Control 6.0 in Visual Basic 6.0

3. Add the DBGrid and Remote Data Control to the new Form.

3. Set the DataSourceName property of the Remote Data Control to a DSN
   that is pointing to a SQL Server Database. Under the SQL property
   for the MSRDC, type a simple Select statement, such as Select * from
   Authors(when the SQL Database is Pubs).

4. Set the DBGrid's DataSource property to MSRDC1.

5. Press the F5 key to run the application and the rows should appear in
   the DBGrid as they are in the SQL database.

6. In Design mode, alternate-click on the DBGrid and choose Properties.
   From the Layout tab, change the width of Column 0 or 1.

7. Press the F5 key to run the application once again, and note the DBGrid
   displays a blank row for every record returned by the SQL statement.

   NOTE: This also occurs when the DBGrid is bound to a standard Data
   Control connecting to an Access database or an ODBC data source.

Additional query words: kbdse kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug
kbRDS200bug kbCtrl kbDatabase kbDataBinding kbActiveX
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Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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