How do I use LB_FINDSTRING

I am doing a little application that needs the ability to search a listbox and I found LB_FINDSTRING might help me do so. I also would like to eliminate anything that does not partain to the search criteria which would be entered into a textbox. And as I back space I would like any thing that was eliminated to be put back into the listbox.

For example:

I have 306 Items in the list box. Two of wich are "earthmate" and "eartha".

If I type "earth" in the text box it will display both earthmate and eartha. However, if I type "earthm" only "earthmate" will be displayed in the listbox. What I want to do is delete the "m" from the textbox and get both eartha and earthmate displayed in the listbox again. Also if I clear the contents of the textbox I would like the listbox to be repopulated.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

It works with a null-terminated string
Using your example finding all the 'earth' entries.
PS: LB_FINDSTRING is not case sensitive.

Code:

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Const LB_ERR = (-1)

Const LB_FINDSTRING = &H18F
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As _
Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As String) As Long

' note the change in the SendMessage declaration

Dim MySels() as integer
dim tmp as string
dim retval as long
tmp = "earth" & chr(0)
retval = 0
where = 0
Do While retval <> LB_ERR
      retval = SendMessage(List1.hWnd,LB_FINDSTRING,where,tmp)
      if retval <> LB_ERR then
              Redim Preserve MYSels(Ubound(MySels) + 1)
              MySels(Ubound(MYSels) ) = retval
              where = retval +1
      End if
Loop

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The array MySels() will have the index values of each item that starts with 'earth'.

just changed the file a bit to make it select the closer text in textbox.

That worked great now I just have one more problem, how can I make the selection go to the top of the list box??

nevermind....I figured it out.

Hi
I have made a few changes to Jim's code so that u can store all the values in one list and only display the matches in another. It may or may not be what u want but anyways....

FORM - TEXT1, LIST1 (invisible) LIST2

VB Code:

Const LB_ERR = (-1)
 
Const LB_FINDSTRING = &H18F
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As _
Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As String) As Long
 
Private Sub Form_load()
    Me.Show
    List1.Visible = False
'Sample data
    For x = 1 To 4
        List1.AddItem Chr$(x + 64)
    Next
    List1.AddItem "earthmate"
    For x = 1 To 4
        List1.AddItem Chr$(x + 68)
    Next
    List1.AddItem "earth"
    For x = 1 To 4
        List1.AddItem Chr$(x + 72)
    Next
    Repopulate
End Sub
 
Private Sub Text1_Change()
    If Len(Text1.Text) = 0 Then
        Repopulate
    Else
        FindMatches Trim$(Text1.Text)
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub FindMatches(ByVal SearchText As String)
    Dim StopRepeat As Long 'Check to prevent endless looping
    Dim UpBound As Long 'upper bound of matches
    Dim x As Long 'counter
    Dim MySels() As Integer
    Dim retval As Long
    retval = 0
    Where = 0
    StopRepeat = 0
    UpBound = -1
    Do While retval <> LB_ERR
        retval = SendMessage(List1.hwnd, LB_FINDSTRING, Where, SearchText)
        If retval <= StopRepeat Then retval = LB_ERR
        If retval <> LB_ERR Then
            UpBound = UpBound + 1
            ReDim Preserve MySels(UpBound)
            MySels(UpBound) = retval
            If UpBound = 0 Then StopRepeat = retval
            Where = retval
        End If
    Loop
 
    'Fill second list with matches
    With List2
        .Clear
        If Where > 0 Then
            For x = 0 To UBound(MySels)
                .AddItem List1.List(MySels(x))
            Next
        End If
        If .ListCount > 0 Then .ListIndex = 0
    End With
End Sub
 
Private Sub Repopulate()
    'No search term so refill
    With List2
        .Clear
        For x = 0 To List1.ListCount - 1
            .AddItem List1.List(x)
        Next
        If .ListCount > 0 Then .ListIndex = 0
    End With
End Sub