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FIX: ZOrder and Aligned Controls

Article ID: 143404

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q143404

SYMPTOMS

Placing a control such as a command button on top of an aligned OCX control at design time will cause the Command button to fall to the bottom of the ZOrder at run time and become invisible.

RESOLUTION

Invoke the ZOrder method of the Command button in Form_Load event as in the sample code below:

   Private Sub Form_Load()
       Command1.ZOrder 0
   End Sub

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 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N).
Add a Toolbar to Form1.
Add a Command button on top of the Toolbar1.
Run the Program. Note that the Command button disappears.

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