ComboBox control, AddItem method, Picture, PicturePosition properties example
The following example uses a ComboBox to show the picture placement options for a control. Each time the user clicks a list choice, the picture and caption are updated on the CommandButton. This code sample also uses the AddItem method to populate the ComboBox choices.
To use this example, copy this sample code to the Declarations portion of a form. Make sure that the form contains:
- A Label named Label1.
- A CommandButton named CommandButton1.
- A ComboBox named ComboBox1.
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Label1.Left = 18
Label1.Top = 12
Label1.Height = 12
Label1.Width = 190
Label1.Caption = "Select picture placement " _
& "relative to the caption."
'Add list entries to combo box. The value of each
'entry matches the corresponding ListIndex value
'in the combo box.
ComboBox1.AddItem "Left Top" 'ListIndex = 0
ComboBox1.AddItem "Left Center" 'ListIndex = 1
ComboBox1.AddItem "Left Bottom" 'ListIndex = 2
ComboBox1.AddItem "Right Top" 'ListIndex = 3
ComboBox1.AddItem "Right Center" 'ListIndex = 4
ComboBox1.AddItem "Right Bottom" 'ListIndex = 5
ComboBox1.AddItem "Above Left" 'ListIndex = 6
ComboBox1.AddItem "Above Center" 'ListIndex = 7
ComboBox1.AddItem "Above Right" 'ListIndex = 8
ComboBox1.AddItem "Below Left" 'ListIndex = 9
ComboBox1.AddItem "Below Center" 'ListIndex = 10
ComboBox1.AddItem "Below Right" 'ListIndex = 11
ComboBox1.AddItem "Centered" 'ListIndex = 12
'Use drop-down list
ComboBox1.Style = fmStyleDropDownList
'Combo box values are ListIndex values
ComboBox1.BoundColumn = 0
'Set combo box to first entry
ComboBox1.ListIndex = 0
ComboBox1.Left = 18
ComboBox1.Top = 36
ComboBox1.Width = 90
ComboBox1.ListWidth = 90
'Initialize CommandButton1
CommandButton1.Left = 230
CommandButton1.Top = 36
CommandButton1.Height = 120
CommandButton1.Width = 120
'Note: Be sure to refer to a bitmap file that is
'present on your system, and to include the path
'in the filename.
CommandButton1.Picture = _
LoadPicture("c:\windows\argyle.bmp")
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = ComboBox1.Value
End Sub
Private Sub ComboBox1_Click()
Select Case ComboBox1.Value
Case 0 'Left Top
CommandButton1.Caption = "Left Top"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionLeftTop
Case 1 'Left Center
CommandButton1.Caption = "Left Center"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionLeftCenter
Case 2 'Left Bottom
CommandButton1.Caption = "Left Bottom"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionLeftBottom
Case 3 'Right Top
CommandButton1.Caption = "Right Top"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionRightTop
Case 4 'Right Center
CommandButton1.Caption = "Right Center"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionRightCenter
Case 5 'Right Bottom
CommandButton1.Caption = "Right Bottom"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionRightBottom
Case 6 'Above Left
CommandButton1.Caption = "Above Left"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionAboveLeft
Case 7 'Above Center
CommandButton1.Caption = "Above Center"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionAboveCenter
Case 8 'Above Right
CommandButton1.Caption = "Above Right"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionAboveRight
Case 9 'Below Left
CommandButton1.Caption = "Below Left"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionBelowLeft
Case 10 'Below Center
CommandButton1.Caption = "Below Center"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionBelowCenter
Case 11 'Below Right
CommandButton1.Caption = "Below Right"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionBelowRight
Case 12 'Centered
CommandButton1.Caption = "Centered"
CommandButton1.PicturePosition = _
fmPicturePositionCenter
End Select
End Sub
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