Label missing after dynamic width change

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I have a label that spans a group of combo boxes in a matrix layout.
Based on certain conditions, the combo boxes in the last column(s) are
hidden. I set the width of the label dynamically to center over the
combo boxes that are showing.

Now that I have set the width dynamically, the label never shows at
all. I have not touched the visible setting of the label or anything
else about it, only the width was changed. When I trace the code, I
can't see anything that helps me know what is happening. I even set the
Visible property to True in code as a test. That did not help either.

Any ideas?
 
JB said:
I have a label that spans a group of combo boxes in a matrix layout.
Based on certain conditions, the combo boxes in the last column(s) are
hidden. I set the width of the label dynamically to center over the
combo boxes that are showing.

Now that I have set the width dynamically, the label never shows at
all. I have not touched the visible setting of the label or anything
else about it, only the width was changed. When I trace the code, I
can't see anything that helps me know what is happening. I even set the
Visible property to True in code as a test. That did not help either.
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The only ideas that come to mind is that an attached label
becomes invisible when its parent control is made invisible.
OTOH, maybe you're setting the width to a very small number.
Remember that the position properties are in units of twips
(1440 per inch).
 
I figured it out. I had set the property to inches and used quotes.
That made it disppear. Once I calculated number of inches * 1440 and
did not use quotes, it came back. Thanks for the reply.
 
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