Hmm... you know, you're right about this behavior.  And I'm not sure why
it's happening, but you know what I'd do instead of worrying about it is
this:

1.      Go ahead and leave the code as is or else make the columns a little
skinnier if you want.
2.      In your app, when the user dismisses the form containing the listview
control, store in the registry the widths of the columns and read them back
in the next time you build the form at run time.  This will make your
application a lot more 'friendly' in your users' eyes -- since it allows
them to decide what width they like for the columns -- and will cause you
less headaches.

Mark Pribbenow
Systems Engineer
ARIS Corporation
http://www.*-*-*.com/
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I am trying to set the width of the column headers of my
ListView so that, together, they span the entire width
of the ListView. Instead they always come out
significantly wider, giving me a horizontal scroll bar
that I don't want.  My code follows:

lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(1).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 4
lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(2).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 4
lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(3).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 2

But the sum of the column header widths always adds up
to more than the width of the ListView whence they were
derived. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.
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David,

Also, even after taking that into account you need to watch out for
the fact that your divisions may result in an extra pixel here or
there and that will cause you further agravation.

Zane

Hi David,

<<<<<<<
I am trying to set the width of the column headers of my
ListView so that, together, they span the entire width
of the ListView. Instead they always come out
significantly wider, giving me a horizontal scroll bar
that I don't want.  My code follows:

lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(1).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 4
lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(2).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 4
lvwAccts.ColumnHeaders(3).Width = _
        lvwAccts.Width / 2

But the sum of the column header widths always adds up
to more than the width of the ListView whence they were
derived. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

The width of a column in a ListView control cannot be set by using a
property and/or method when the View property is set to List. But
the following Knowledge Base article gives a generic procedure that can be
used to set the width of a column in a ListView control when in List view.

"How to Set the Column Width of Columns in a ListView Control"

To access this article refer to the following site.
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q147/6/66.htm

If your default view is report then you need not go for the above said
method.

Hope this helps,

Have a nice time,
Bharathy Mohan M.
Aditi Corp.

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<snip>

You didn't actually answer the question.  It is interesting to see the
use of the constant "5" in the sample program given as the number of
millimeters between columns.  But it still doesn't provide insight as
the "client area" of the control.

Zane