What I need is a single column list, with a check boxes, multi-select, and
scrolling vertically...

When I use the ListView control I have several problems.  1) the column
width is truncated.  2) When the list is full (vertically) it
puts new items to the right of the top item and uses a horizontal scroll bar
instead of adding items underneath and using a vertical scroll bar...

I saw some posts on the newsgroup about setting the column width using
sendmessage, but this either crashes my pc or does nothing... so I guess I
missed something...  I'm using lvList by the way, and its VB6 SP3.

Anyway the question is this:  Can the list view control do what I want? or
should I be using a different control?

Thanks
Andy Nield

Displaying the Horizontal Scroll Bar in a ListBox
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/listapi/sethorizontalextent.htm

Mattias

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I didn't think the Listbox could do check boxes and multi select at the same
time... I'm sure there was a reason why I had to use listview instead.

Thanks
Andy Nield

   Const LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER = -2

   Call SendMessage(ListView1.hwnd, _
                          LVM_SETCOLUMNWIDTH, _
                          0, _
                          ByVal LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)

If you add more columns, use this instead ...

   Const LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER = -2
   Dim col2adjust As Long

   For col2adjust = 0 To ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Count - 1

      Call SendMessage(ListView1.hwnd, _
                          LVM_SETCOLUMNWIDTH, _
                          col2adjust, _
                          ByVal LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)

   Next

--

Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic

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| Thanks, changing the style setting to Report and then adjusting the
| columnheadings width sorted it.
|
| I didn't think the Listbox could do check boxes and multi select at the
same
| time... I'm sure there was a reason why I had to use listview instead.
|
| Thanks
| Andy Nield
|


| > Andy,
| >
| > >What I need is a single column list, with a check boxes, multi-select,
| and
| > >scrolling vertically...
| >
| > So why not use a Listbox then? It can do all that, with the help from
| > this code:
| >
| > Displaying the Horizontal Scroll Bar in a ListBox
| > http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/listapi/sethorizontalextent.htm
| >
| >
| > >2) When the list is full (vertically) it puts new items to the right of
| the
| > >top item and uses a horizontal scroll bar instead of adding items
| underneath
| > >and using a vertical scroll bar...
| >
| > Set the style to Report instead of List.
| >
| >
| > Mattias
| >
| > __________________________________________________

| >      VB+ http://hem.spray.se/mattias.sjogren/
| >  Please send questions/replies to the newsgroups
|
|