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Title: Is there an equivalent of FF_TextBox_SetSel for ComboBoxes?
Post by: Rick McNeely on August 30, 2010, 05:08:26 PM

Trying to do an autocomplete feature using a combo box but can't come up with a way of selecting parts of the text in a combo box.

I tried using the FF_TextBox_SetSel , but no luck. (code below)

New to FF, love it so far...

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    Dim newSS As String
    Dim tmpStr As String
    Dim i As Integer 
    Dim j As Integer 
    
    newSS = FF_Control_GetText( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND )
    j = FF_ComboBox_GetCount( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND )
    
    If j > 0 Then
        For i = 1 To j
            tmpStr = FF_ComboBox_GetText( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND, i )
            If Len(newSS) <= Len(tmpStr) Then
                If Left$(tmpStr, Len(newSS)) = newSS Then
                    FF_Control_SetText( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND, newSS + Right$(tmpStr,Len(tmpStr) - Len(newSS)) )
                    FF_TextBox_SetSel( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND, Len(newSS)+1, Len(tmpStr ) )
                    'FF_TextBox_SetSel( HWND_FORM1_CBOSEND, 3, 8 )
                End If
            End If
        Next i
    End If

Title: Re: Is there an equivalent of FF_TextBox_SetSel for ComboBoxes?
Post by: Paul Squires on August 30, 2010, 05:38:27 PM

Hi Rick,

You have to use the handle of the TextBox that is a child window in the ComboBox. That TextBox has an id = 1001. Try the following to highlight the first 2 characters of the text:

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    FF_TextBox_SetSel GetDlgItem(HWND_FORM1_COMBO1, 1001), 0, 2

Title: Re: Is there an equivalent of FF_TextBox_SetSel for ComboBoxes?
Post by: Rick McNeely on August 30, 2010, 06:04:03 PM

Thanks! That's excellent. Great product, by the way. I'm kicking myself for wasting so much time before I finally purchased it.

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