Populating multi column list boxes in VB

[afryer]

Hi All,

This is going to sound like a really stupid question, but I can't find the answer on here or on the Microsoft site...

Basically I have a multi-column list box, which needs to be populated from a file read in a loop. I can populate the first column fine, but how do I populate the other columns?

Cheers

Andrew

 

[johnwm]

We probably need to know whose multi-column listbox you are using. Could be VB6 using tabs, could be VBA, could be proprietory

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[afryer]

Hi,

It is just the standard windows list box (ListBox) in Visual Basic, which I think is in Microsoft Common Controls.

Cheers.

 

[bjd4jc]

Oddly, a search of this forum turned up thread222-877693

 

[strongm]

The standard VB listbox does not have multicolumns - it can be set for a single vertically scrolling column (.columns=0), or a single horizontally scrolling snaking column (.columns = anything other than 0)

You cn use the API to set tabstops to fake multicolumns, or you can use an alternative control such as the Listview (as recommended in the thread that bjd4jc references)