FIX: DataGrid Control Row Property Fails to Update for Last Row (294166)

SYMPTOMS

The Row property of the DataGrid control may not consistently reflect the correct row number of the last blank row. If the last row is blank (that is, if there is a blank row at the bottom of the DataGrid with an asterisk in the box to the left of the blank row to indicate that you may add a new record in the DataGrid), and if you use Row Selectors (the boxes next to rows in the DataGrid, which allow you to select entire rows) to select the non-blank rows, the incorrect row is displayed when you repeatedly select between the last row and another row of the DataGrid.

However, the value of the Row property is the previous non-blank row that you selected; that is, the Row property is not updated when you click the last, blank row. If you check the Row property in the RowColChange event of the DataGrid, for example, the RowColChange event fires correctly, but the Row property fails to update; thus, the row number of the last blank row is not consistently updated.

STATUS

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5. For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a test project as follows:
1. In Visual Basic, create a new Data project. frmDataEnv is created by default.
2. Add an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Data Control (ADOC1), a DataGrid (DataGrid1), and a TextBox (Text1) to frmDataEnv.
3. Set the properties of ADODC1 as follows:
```
ConnectionString     Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51;Data Source=C:\Program Files
                     \Microsoft Visual Studio\vb98\Biblio.mdb;
RecordSource         Select * From Titles
								
```
  NOTE: The ConnectionString property is a single string that should not be broken up into multiple lines.
  
  If necessary, modify the ConnectionString property to connect to your local copy of the Biblio.mdb file that comes with Visual Basic. Also, you may use Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 instead of Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51
4. Set the properties of DataGrid1 as follows:
```
DataSource     ADODC1
AllowAddNew    True
							
```
5. In the Code window for frmDataEnv, paste the following code into the RowColChange event procedure for DataGrid1:
```
Text1.Text = DataGrid1.Row
```
Follow these steps to test the project:
1. Press the F5 key to run the project.
2. Scroll down to the last set of rows in the DataGrid. Click Row Selector for the fourth row from the bottom of the DataGrid. Notice that the text box displays the correct DataGrid row.
3. Click in one of the cells of the last row. Notice that the text box displays the correct DataGrid row.
4. Click Row Selector for the fifth row from the bottom. Notice that the text box displays the correct DataGrid row.
5. Click in one of the cells of the last row. Notice that the text box does not update with the correct DataGrid row but displays the value of the fifth row's Row property.
6. Press F8 repeatedly to step through the code. Notice that the RowColChange event is fired correctly but the Row property of the DataGrid is not updated correctly.