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FIX: BackColor of MaskEdBox Control Changes When Enabled=False

Article ID: 174321

Article Last Modified on 2/24/2004

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q174321

SYMPTOMS

When you set the Enabled property of the Masked EditBox control to False, the Backcolor of the control changes and cannot be changed to another color.

CAUSE

When you set the Enabled property of the Masked EditBox control to False, the Backcolor of the control changes to the Windows Control Panel setting for "3D Objects." This problem occurs under the following circumstances:

  • You are using Visual Basic version 4.0. - or -

  • You are using Visual Basic version 5.0 on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, place the Masked Edit control inside a PictureBox control. Then, to disable the Masked Edit control, set the Enabled property of the PictureBox to False.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start a new project. Form1 is created by default.
  2. Add a reference to the "Microsoft Masked Edit Control" (MSMASK32.OCX).
  3. Add a MaskEdBox, TextBox and CommandButton to Form1.
  4. Add the following code to the Click event of Command1:
          Text1.Enabled = False
      MaskEdBox1.Enabled = False
  5. Press the F5 key to run the project. Click Command1.

    RESULTS: The BackColor of the MaskEdBox changes to the "3D Objects" color setting while the BackColor of the TextBox remains unchanged.

Additional query words: masked edit box editbox msmask32.ocx kbComp

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvbp600fix kbctrl KB174321


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