How to drag a control on to a frame in vb5 form. (I am using windows XP)

Question

In my Visual Basic 5.0 form windows xp. I can not drag an lable control onto a frame, thereby making the option specific to that frame. I can double click the label control and then move the option control over to the frame, but then the frame doesn't recognize the control as it's own.

I know I'm supposed to be able to drag controls onto the form, but for some reason I can't. A circle with a cross through it icon appears as my mouse symbol indicating I am not allowed to do this operation.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

You should not drag a control onto a frame. You should insert the control onto the frame. If you want to move an existing control to a frame simply select the control and cut (CTRL+X) it. Then select the frame and paste (CTRL+V). The control will now be inside the frame and cannot be moved outside of the frame.

If you create controls at runtime then use the Container property of the control to set it inside a frame.