olkComboBox Object Members
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A control that supports the display of a selection from a drop-down list of all choices.
Methods
Name | Description | |
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AddItem | Adds an item to the list, optionally specifying an index for the new item to appear in the list. | |
Clear | Removes all objects from the list in the combo box. | |
Copy | Copies the contents of the control to the clipboard. | |
Cut | Removes the contents of the control and copies the contents to the clipboard. | |
DropDown | Expands the drop-down portion of the combo box. | |
GetItem | Obtains a String that represents an item at the specified location in the list of the combo box control. | |
Paste | Pastes the contents of the clipboard in the control. | |
RemoveItem | Removes the specified item from the list. | |
SetItem | Sets the item at the specified location in the list of the combo box to the specified value. |
Properties
Name | Description | |
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AutoSize | Returns or sets a Boolean that automatically sizes the control to display the entire contents. Read/write. | |
AutoTab | Returns or sets a Boolean that specifies if a tab is inserted automatically when the control has been filled to the maximum length specified. Read/write. | |
AutoWordSelect | Returns or sets a Boolean that specifies whether a word or a character is the basic unit used to extend a selection. Read/write. | |
BackColor | Returns or sets a Long that indicates the background color of the control. Read/write. | |
BorderStyle | Returns or gets an OlBorderStyle constant that defines the style of the border around the control. Read/write. | |
DragBehavior | Returns or sets an OlDragBehavior Enumeration constant that indicates whether the system enables the drag-and-drop feature for this control. Read/write. | |
Enabled | Returns or gets a Boolean that indicates if the control is allowed to function. Read/write. | |
EnterFieldBehavior | Returns or sets an olEnterFieldBehavior constant that specifies the selection behavior when entering the control. Read/write. | |
Font | Returns the font used to render the text inside the control. Read-only. | |
ForeColor | Returns or sets a Long that indicates the foreground color of the control. Read/write. | |
HideSelection | Returns or sets a Boolean that specifies if a selection is displayed or hidden for the control when the control loses focus. Read/write. | |
ListCount | Returns a Long that specifies the number of elements in the drop-down list of the combo box control. Read-only. | |
ListIndex | Reurns or sets a Long that indicates the location of the currently selected element in the list of the combo box control. Read/write. | |
Locked | Returns or sets a Boolean that specifies whether or not the control is locked from being changed. Read/write. | |
MaxLength | Returns or sets a Long that specifies the maximum number of characters for the Value of this control. Read/write. | |
MouseIcon | Returns or sets a custom picture to the mouse cursor for this control. Read/write. | |
MousePointer | Returns or sets an OlMousePointer constant that specifies the type of pointer displayed when the user positions the mouse over the control. Read/write. | |
SelectionMargin | Returns or sets a Boolean that specifies whether the user can select a line of text by clicking in the region to the left of the text. Read/write. | |
SelLength | Returns or sets a Long that specifies the number of characters in the current selection. Read/write. | |
SelStart | Returns or sets a Long that specifies either the starting point of the selected text or the insertion point if no text has been selected. Read/write. | |
SelText | Returns a String that represents the selected portion of the value of the combo box. Read-only. | |
Style | Returns or sets an OlComboBoxStyle constant to specify how the user can choose or set the control's value. Read/write. | |
Text | Returns or sets a String that is the text displayed in the control. Read/write. | |
TextAlign | Returns or sets an OlTextAlign constant that specifies how text is aligned in the control. Read/write. | |
TopIndex | Returns or sets a Long that represents the index of the item at the top of the displayed portion of the list in the combo box. Read/write. | |
Value | Returns or sets a Variant that represents the content of the control. Read/write. |
Events
Name | Description | |
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AfterUpdate | Occurs after the data in the control has been changed through the user interface. | |
BeforeUpdate | Occurs when the data in the control is changed through the user interface and is about to be saved to the item. | |
Change | Occurs when the Value property changes. | |
Click | Occurs when the user clicks inside the control. | |
DoubleClick | Occurs when the user double-clicks inside the control. | |
DropButtonClick | Occurs when the user clicks the drop button to expand the drop-down list in the combo box control, or when the DropDown method is called programmatically. | |
Enter | Occurs when the control receives focus, immediately after the previous control's Exit event. | |
Exit | Occurs just after the focus passes from this control to another control on the same form. | |
KeyDown | Occurs when a user presses a key. | |
KeyPress | Occurs when the user presses an ANSI key. | |
KeyUp | Occurs when the user releases a key. | |
MouseDown | Occurs when the user presses a mouse button on the control. | |
MouseMove | Occurs after a mouse movement has been registered over the control. | |
MouseUp | Occurs after the user releases a mouse button that has been pressed on the control. |