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BUG: Right-Justified Label Caption Is Aligned Improperly

Article ID: 180536

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 for the Handheld PC
- Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 for the Handheld PC
Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 for the Handheld PC
- Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 for the Handheld PC

This article was previously published under Q180536

SYMPTOMS

When a Label control's Alignment property is set to "1 - Right Justify," and the BorderStyle property is set to "1 - Fixed Single," the caption is displayed too far to the right, resulting in the last character not being visible.

RESOLUTION

Add two spaces to the end of the caption to avoid this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Add a Label (Label1) to Form1.
Set the Caption property of Label1 to "Hello World."
Set the BorderStyle property of Label1 to "1 - Fixed Single."
Set the Alignment property of Label1 to "1 - Right Justify."
Press F5 to run the project and note how the Label's caption is truncated.

Additional query words: VBCE VBCE6 evb

Keywords: kbbug kbtoolkit kbpending KB180536