Microsoft KB Archive/143404

= FIX: ZOrder and Aligned Controls =

Article ID: 143404

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * 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

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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.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

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

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport KbControl

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB143404

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