OpenEuphoria

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

• Posted by Derek Parnell <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU> Oct 21, 2000
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According to Microsoft, CB_SHOWDROPDOWN has no effect on CBS_SIMPLE style
combo boxes.
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
(Vote [1] The Cheshire Cat for Internet Mascot)


> BTW:
> I'm using a SIMPLE combo box on purpose, as opposed to a "regular" combo
> box, as it makes the "edit" line into a static text box instead of being
> editable, and I think maybe the *style* definitions for "simple" combo box
> in Win32Lib may be at least a part of what's going on, because "simple" CB
> has no scroll bar, and I think maybe CB_SHOWDROPDOWN may be showing the
list
> in relation to the scroll bar that isn't there (in other words, it only
> shows *some* of the elements of the list, expecting that a scroll bar
would
> be there to be used to show the rest of them).
>