Microsoft KB Archive/180536

= BUG: Right-Justified Label Caption Is Aligned Improperly =

Article ID: 180536

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

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APPLIES TO

 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

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This article was previously published under Q180536

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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.

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

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

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
 * 2) Add a Label (Label1) to Form1.
 * 3) Set the Caption property of Label1 to "Hello World."
 * 4) Set the BorderStyle property of Label1 to "1 - Fixed Single."
 * 5) Set the Alignment property of Label1 to "1 - Right Justify."
 * 6) 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

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