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BUG: ListBox Text Property Not Functional

Article ID: 181281

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

This article was previously published under Q181281

SYMPTOMS

The Text property of a ListBox always returns an empty string.

RESOLUTION

Use the List and ListIndex properties to return the text of the currently selected item. For example, use:

Dim sMyString
    sMyString = List1.List(List1.ListIndex)

Dim sMyString
    sMyString = List1.Text

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vbce wince vbce6 evb

Keywords: kbbug kbtoolkit kbpending KB181281