Visual Basic, how to use tabs in Comboboxes

how to use tabs in Comboboxes

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goei #1 / 5	how to use tabs in Comboboxes Hi, I have looked everywhere and asked different Guru's. Till now the problem is still unsolved: I want to use a Combobox with multiple (2) columns: (1) Code of 3 positions (2) Description of 30 Positions How to get the second column aligend properly? Btw. - I DO want a propositionnal Fonttype like Times New Roman or Arial - For LIST-Boxes there is an API available to get the work done. But this API does not work for COMBO-Boxes. I cannot imagine this can be a too difficult problem. (for example, in MSAccess this is not a problem at all) Thank you very much. Goan
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Randy Birc #2 / 5	how to use tabs in Comboboxes You can't do it in a normal VB combo without making it owner-drawn, trapping its creation by subclassing, and changing list window's the style bits before its shown. The list portion, by default, is created without the requisite LBS_USETABSTOPS style bit, a style that can;t be applied to the control after the control has been created. -- Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/ http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/ Please correspond only using the newsgroups so all can benefit. \| Hi, \| \| I have looked everywhere and asked different Guru's. Till now the \| problem is still unsolved: \| \| I want to use a Combobox with multiple (2) columns: \| (1) Code of 3 positions \| (2) Description of 30 Positions \| \| How to get the second column aligend properly? \| \| Btw. \| - I DO want a propositionnal Fonttype like Times New Roman or Arial \| - For LIST-Boxes there is an API available to get the work done. But \| this API does not work for COMBO-Boxes. I cannot imagine this can be a \| too difficult problem. (for example, in MSAccess this is not a problem \| at all) \| \| Thank you very much. \| \| Goan
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Randy Birc #3 / 5	how to use tabs in Comboboxes I should add that if you really need such functionality, and don't mind coding to subclass, you can set up the subclassing to trap the combo dropdown message, cancel the default behavior, and display either a regular VB listbox or even a listview as the combo's dropdown portion. I saw code for this about a year ago on the net somewhere... but I can't be more specific. -- Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/ http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/ Please correspond only using the newsgroups so all can benefit.
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Randy Birc #4 / 5	how to use tabs in Comboboxes Good luck ! -- Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/ http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/ Please correspond only using the newsgroups so all can benefit. \| Thank you very much. That's an excellent idea! \| \| Goan \| \| > I should add that if you really need such functionality, and don't mind \| > coding to subclass, you can set up the subclassing to trap the combo \| > dropdown message, cancel the default behavior, and display either a regular \| > VB listbox or even a listview as the combo's dropdown portion.
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

goei #5 / 5	how to use tabs in Comboboxes Thank you very much. That's an excellent idea! Goan Quote: > I should add that if you really need such functionality, and don't mind > coding to subclass, you can set up the subclassing to trap the combo > dropdown message, cancel the default behavior, and display either a regular > VB listbox or even a listview as the combo's dropdown portion.
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

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