nonresponsive combo box 2

[LyMc]

I have created a combo box on a dialog, and I'm able to populate the entry area using the SetWindowText API. But I'll be darned if it won't let be populate the selection spaces using SendMessage (window, LB_INSERTSTRING, 0, string); same for LB_ADDSTRING. It does not return an error indication; it simply does nothing. The list count returns zero. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[apatterno]

In the resource editor Did you drag down the list display so that at least one item is visible?

_{I REALLY hope that helps.}
Will

 

[LyMc]

Thanks, now I can see the drop down list (who'da thunk that?), but I still can't put anything into it. As before, no error, just nothing in the list.

 

[MKuiper]

For a combo box, you must use CB_... messages instead of LB_...
for example, the value of CB_INSERTSTRING (330, 0x14a) is NOT the same as the value of LB_INSERTSTRING (385, 0x181).

Marcel

 

[LyMc]

That did it. Petzold muffed it in this case, or perhaps I missed a warning about that. Thanks for the help, both of you.

Lyle