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In article <1992Dec15.141608.13565@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> barry@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Barry G. Adams) writes:
>From: barry@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Barry G. Adams)
>Subject: Visual Basic 1.0 frame problem
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:16:08 GMT
> I have been trying to create a frame in VB 1.0 and then put some
> option buttons on it. First I design the frame and then I put
> the option buttons on it. However, as soon as I click on the frame
> at design time the option buttons disappear behind the frame and
> the only way to get them back seems to be to use tab. Everything
> works fine at run time.
>
> Is there some magic key combination that lets me associate the buttons
> with the frame so that when I move the frame the buttons move too and do
> not disappear. There is nothing in the manuals on this. There is obviously
> a way to do it since there is a demo program called prnt.mak that is in the
> vb.cbt directory used by the VB tutorial that works properly.
>
> Barry Adams (barry@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca)

I think I found the answer to both your problem and my own.
The key word is "draw".  You can't just "put" the buttons on the frame, you 
must "draw" them on.  The way to do it is to click _once_ on the toolbox 
icon for option buttons, then click down on the frame you've just created 
and drag over it until you have created an option button of the proper size.

This also works with other types of objects.  You can associate regular push 
buttons with a frame and they also move around with the frame.
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In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, barry@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Barry G. Adams) writes:

> I have been trying to create a frame in VB 1.0 and then put some
> option buttons on it. First I design the frame and then I put
> the option buttons on it. However, as soon as I click on the frame
> at design time the option buttons disappear behind the frame and
> the only way to get them back seems to be to use tab. Everything
> works fine at run time.
[...]
> Barry Adams (barry@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca)

When you "put the option buttons on it" are you dragging them in from
elsewhere?  In order to get VB to properly associate option buttons
on a particular frame (form or picture object) the option button must
be created WITHIN the frame.  Click on the option button tool once, then
draw the option button within (or on) your frame (click, drag, release)...

Apologies for the "back to basics" response, however it is easy to use
the shortcut double click on a tool to create the option buttons - but
it doesn't propery associate the button with any frame (except your
primary form)...  Hope this helps...
- Galen -

One brief addendum: you can also put controls (buttons, listboxes) in a
frame by Cutting the control; selecting the frame; and then Pasting.  This
will place the control "in the frame".

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