Question Combo Box ?

[audio_uphoria]

Hi, does anyone know of a good tutorial or can give me advice on using the combo boxes in vb? I just cant seem to get the hang out of it... Thanks.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Moved to more appropriate forum.

 

[audio_uphoria]

Thanks, can I add color to text in a drop down menu? I have the slections load on the form_load. And I would like to add a color that correspondes with the word.

With cboShirtColor.Items
.Add("Black")
.Add("Red")
.Add("Yellow")
.Add("Orange")
.Add("Green")
.Add("Blue")
.Add("Navy")
End With

 

[jmcilhinney]

Thanks, can I add color to text in a drop down menu? I have the slections load on the form_load. And I would like to add a color that correspondes with the word.

With cboShirtColor.Items
.Add("Black")
.Add("Red")
.Add("Yellow")
.Add("Orange")
.Add("Green")
.Add("Blue")
.Add("Navy")
End With

You can but that's relatively advanced. It requires you to use GDI+ to draw the items yourself. If you're interested then read the documentation for the DrawMode property.

 

[audio_uphoria]

Oh, I'm nowhere near advance. Ok one more question. If I have a list of items in the items property for a drop down and I want to check to make sure the user entered a corresponding item in the editable area that matches the list how would I code that?
Right now I have state abbreviations in the list.
So would I do something like:
If cbostate.text does not equal "AK" orelse "AL" orelse etc.... then
messagebox.show ("Enter the correct state abbreviation")

Or is there an easier way? Thanks.

 

[audio_uphoria]

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[newguy]

If Not ComboBox1.Items.Contains(ComboBox1.text) Then
MsgBox("!")
End If

 

[audio_uphoria]

Thanks, new guy.