display cell containing text with annotation scale

I have written a vba that diplays cells in a dialog. I found that when the cells contain text with annotation scale on and the current design file has a different annotation scale than the text, the display of the cell in the dialog is way off. Is there a way to turn off the "propagate annotation scale" when the cell is displayed, or some other trick that accomplishes this? I've attached a file with the display from the generic MicroStation Cell dialog which shows the correct cell on the left and the same cell using the vba I created as an example.

Thanks for any help,

Stephanie