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Re: [WIN] "open" simple combo box programmatically

• Posted by Derek Parnell <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU> Oct 20, 2000
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It sounds like the second box needs to be a list box who's height you
control programatically. Each time a category is selected in the first box,
clear the second one and populate it with the related data and recalculate
it's height. You can set a maximum height and add a scroll bar if required.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: [WIN] "open" simple combo box programmatically


> Is it possible to "open" a simple combo box programmatically?
>
> By that I mean, if you have a simple combo box and you click on the
element
> of the list that's displayed in the "edit" box portion of it, then the
> *list* unfolds & is displayed; but can you force it to "open" or "unfold"
> programmatically?
>
> I have two related combo boxes, one has *categories* of things, the other
is
> then populated with the appropriate things depending on what category is
> chosen, but I want the second combo box to automatically unfold when a
> category is chosen in the first combo box.  Can this be done, & if so how?
>
> Dan Moyer