How can I add single-character items to a list in design-time?

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I've got a VB6 form with a ComboBox on it, which I'm trying to add a few single-character items to (specifically, 'A' through 'D'.) I can enter them into the properties box (using Ctrl-Enter to add new lines) and I get a box that looks like this:

Listbox with single-character items.

When I accept the list items, however (by hitting Enter or moving focus,) it replaces all my single character items with squares:

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This happens to all single-character items, but not any multi-character items I may add. The items are actually changed (it's not just a display issue), and show up as boxes when actually running the program as well. Obviously I can add the items programatically, but I'd rather do it during design-time for simple applications like this one. Is this a bug in the VB6 IDE, and is there a workaround?

Odd, I've never seen that before. – Brad Jul 13 '11 at 21:41 — Brad, Jul 13 '11 at 21:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 02:10

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i see .Disable all add-ins close vb and enter again test and after enable add-ins. in my case that fix it

answered Jul 14 '11 at 02:10

Carlos Cocom

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 11:06

You don't have a non-standard (or unicode) regional setting on your machine do you - try using English (United Kingdom) for both regional setting and keyboard setting and see if this helps.

When I wrote a VB6 app that used Arabic some time ago I had to change locale and reboot my box every time I wanted to edit the arabic strings in the resource file as it would screw up otherwise!

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 12:14

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I had a similar issue many years ago, but not any more. I think the fix was to install VB6 service pack 6.

answered Jul 14 '11 at 12:14

Deanna

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How can I add single-character items to a list in design-time?

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