DOCUMENT:Q191550  19-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: DateTimePicker Won't Scroll Full Text in Visible Combo Area
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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The focus only moves to parts of the actual date and not the text that is
just part of the formatting.

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

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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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
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1. Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

2. From the Project menu, choose Components and select "Microsoft Windows
   Common Controls-2 6.0" and then click the OK button.

3. Add a DTPicker control, named DTPicker1, to Form1.

4. Set the following properties on DTPicker1:

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

5. Save and run the project.

6. Select the month at the very end of the combo area.

7. 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.

Additional query words: kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp600bug
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Keywords          : kbVBp kbCtrl kbVBp600bug
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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