Images in DropDown List box

Does any know how to / if you can add images to a dropdown list box. or know of and ActiveX objects to do this.

In VB6 Under Microsoft Common Controls 1 There is an Image combo. Is this what you are looking for?

It may be however I am using VB5 not VB6 any suggestions.

Usage:
1. Add an ImageList with 3 ListImages
2. Add an ImageComboBox
3. Add a CommandButton and insert the following code

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()

    ImageList1.ListImages(1).Key = "One"
    ImageList1.ListImages(2).Key = "Two"
    ImageList1.ListImages(3).Key = "Three"
    ImageCombo1.ComboItems.Add , "One", "One", "One"
    ImageCombo1.ComboItems.Add , "Two", "Two", "Two"
    ImageCombo1.ComboItems.Add , "Three", "Three", "Three"

End Sub

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Where Can I get An ImageComboBox ?

Go to Project > Components. Scroll down to Microsoft Window Common Controls 6.0, check it, then click OK.

What I see is Microsoft Windows Common Controls-3 6.0
When I Check it and click OK or APPLY I get the following error

Error in loading DLL

I tried registering the control with

regsvr32.exe comct332.ocx

and get this error

LoadLibrary("comct332.ocx") failed
GetLastError returns 0x00000485

Any Suggestions?

I don't think it would be in that set of controls. Do you have Microsoft Window Common Controls 6.0 listed?


[Edited by Megatron on 08-09-2000 at 06:09 PM]

Here's an alternative solution if you don't have VB6 or access to the ImageCombo.

It's some code I wrote a while ago to subclass a Combobox which I've adapted to make it into an Image Combo:

In a Module:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Public oImageList As ImageList

Private Type RECT
        Left As Long
        Top As Long
        Right As Long
        Bottom As Long
End Type

Private Type DRAWITEMSTRUCT
        CtlType As Long
        CtlID As Long
        itemID As Long
        itemAction As Long
        itemState As Long
        hwndItem As Long
        hdc As Long
        rcItem As RECT
        itemData As Long
End Type

Private Type CWPSTRUCT
        lParam As Long
        wParam As Long
        message As Long
        Hwnd As Long
End Type

Private Type CREATESTRUCT
        lpCreateParams As Long
        hInstance As Long
        hMenu As Long
        hWndParent As Long
        cy As Long
        cx As Long
        y As Long
        x As Long
        style As Long
        'These next 2 are Normaly String, but need to be a fixed length
        'so we know how long they are when using CopyMemory,
        'We're only interested in the Style Property anyway.
        lpszName As Long
        lpszClass As Long
        ExStyle As Long
End Type

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Destination As Any, Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)

Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CallWindowProc Lib "user32" Alias "CallWindowProcA" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetBkColor Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetTextColor Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateSolidBrush Lib "gdi32" (ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FillRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hdc As Long, lpRect As RECT, ByVal hBrush As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetSysColor Lib "user32" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function SetWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowsHookExA" (ByVal idHook As Long, ByVal lpfn As Long, ByVal hmod As Long, ByVal dwThreadId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function UnhookWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" (ByVal hHook As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CallNextHookEx Lib "user32" (ByVal hHook As Long, ByVal ncode As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

Private Const WH_CALLWNDPROC = 4

Private Const CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE = &H20&
Private Const CB_GETLBTEXT = &H148
Private Const CB_SETITEMHEIGHT = &H153

Private Const COLOR_HIGHLIGHT = 13
Private Const COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT = 14
Private Const COLOR_WINDOW = 5
Private Const COLOR_WINDOWTEXT = 8

Private Const GWL_WNDPROC = (-4)
Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)

Private Const ODS_SELECTED = &H1

Private Const ODT_COMBOBOX = 3

Private Const WM_CREATE = &H1
Private Const WM_DRAWITEM = &H2B
Private Const WM_MEASUREITEM = &H2C

Private lPrevWndProc As Long
Private lHook As Long
Private lSubCombo As Long

Private Function SubClassedForm(ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    Dim tItem As DRAWITEMSTRUCT
    Dim sItem As String
    Dim lBack As Long
   
    If Msg = WM_DRAWITEM Then
        'This function only passes the Address of the DrawItem Structure, so we need to
        'use the CopyMemory API to Get a Copy into the Variable we setup:
        Call CopyMemory(tItem, ByVal lParam, Len(tItem))
        'If it's our Combobox..
        If tItem.CtlType = ODT_COMBOBOX Then
            'Get the Item Text
            sItem = Space(255)

            Call SendMessage(tItem.hwndItem, CB_GETLBTEXT, tItem.itemID, ByVal sItem)
            sItem = Left(sItem, InStr(sItem, Chr(0)) - 1)
                   
            'Select the Highlight Colors if this Item is currently selected
            If (tItem.itemState And ODS_SELECTED) Then
                lBack = CreateSolidBrush(GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHT))
                Call SetBkColor(tItem.hdc, GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHT))
                Call SetTextColor(tItem.hdc, GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT))
            Else
                'Otherwise, use the default Colors
                lBack = CreateSolidBrush(GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOW))
                Call SetBkColor(tItem.hdc, GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOW))
                Call SetTextColor(tItem.hdc, IIf(tItem.itemData, tItem.itemData, GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOWTEXT)))
            End If
           
            'Paint the Background of the Item
            Call FillRect(tItem.hdc, tItem.rcItem, lBack)
           
            'Draw the Image, if it's visible
            If tItem.rcItem.Left < 0 Or tItem.rcItem.Top < 0 Then Exit Function
            If oImageList.ListImages.Count > 0 And oImageList.ListImages.Count >= tItem.itemData Then
                oImageList.ListImages(tItem.itemData).Draw tItem.hdc, tItem.rcItem.Left * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, tItem.rcItem.Top * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, imlTransparent
            End If
           
            'Display the Item Text, offset to allow for the Image
            TextOut tItem.hdc, tItem.rcItem.Left + 18, tItem.rcItem.Top + 2, ByVal sItem, Len(sItem)
           
            'Don't Return a Value as we've dealt with this Message ourselves
            SubClassedForm = 0
            Exit Function
        End If
    End If
   
    'Not our Combobox, so just process the Message as Normal
    SubClassedForm = CallWindowProc(lPrevWndProc, Hwnd, Msg, wParam, lParam)
End Function

Sub Main()
    'The Combobox is a little more tricky to manipulate than a Listbox
    'So we need to do a little extra work to make it an "Owner Drawn" Control.
    lHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CALLWNDPROC, AddressOf HookApp, App.hInstance, App.ThreadID)
    Form1.Show
    'Once the Control. etc are Drawn, we can release the Hook
    Call UnhookWindowsHookEx(lHook)
End Sub

Private Function HookApp(ByVal lHookID As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

    'This Function will get called when Initializing the Form
    'We want to Interupt it when it tries to create our Combobox..
    Dim tCWP As CWPSTRUCT
    Dim sClass As String

    Call CopyMemory(tCWP, ByVal lParam, Len(tCWP))

    If tCWP.message = WM_CREATE Then
        'Get the Control Classname
        sClass = Space(128)
        Call GetClassName(tCWP.Hwnd, ByVal sClass, 128)
        sClass = Left(sClass, InStr(sClass, Chr(0)) - 1)
        'If it's our Combobox, Sub-class it to Modify the Create Message..
        If sClass = "ComboLBox" Then
            lSubCombo = SetWindowLong(tCWP.Hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, AddressOf SubComboCreate)
        End If
    End If
    'Continue the Hook Processing
    HookApp = CallNextHookEx(lHook, lHookID, wParam, ByVal lParam)

End Function

Private Function SubComboCreate(ByVal Hwnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    'This Function will be called when the Combobox is about to be created
    Dim tCreate As CREATESTRUCT
   
    If Msg = WM_CREATE Then
        'Grab the Data that's going to be used to Create the Combobox
        Call CopyMemory(tCreate, ByVal lParam, Len(tCreate))
        'Alter it, to make the Combobox an "Owner Drawn" Control
        tCreate.style = tCreate.style Or CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE
        'Copy the modified data back
        Call CopyMemory(ByVal lParam, tCreate, Len(tCreate))
        'Alter the Style to OwnerDrawn
        Call SetWindowLong(Hwnd, GWL_STYLE, tCreate.style)
        'Release this Subclassing Function
        Call SetWindowLong(Hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, lSubCombo)
    End If
    'Let Windows Process the Modified Data
    SubComboCreate = CallWindowProc(lSubCombo, Hwnd, Msg, wParam, lParam)
   
End Function

Public Sub SubClassForm(ByVal Hwnd As Long)
    lPrevWndProc = SetWindowLong(Hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, AddressOf SubClassedForm)
End Sub

Public Sub RemoveSubClassing(ByVal Hwnd As Long)
    Call SetWindowLong(Hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, lPrevWndProc)
End Sub

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In a Form with a Combobox and ImageList

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim I As Integer
   
    'This example assumes there are only 3 Images, so loops them
    For I = 0 To 29
        Combo1.AddItem "Item " & I
       
        'Store the Image Index No. in the Items "ItemData" property
        Combo1.itemData(Combo1.NewIndex) = (I Mod 3) + 1
    Next
    Combo1.ListIndex = 0
   
    'Set the Public ImageList Object variable to the ImageList Control added to the Form
    Set oImageList = ImageList1
   
    'Subclass the "Form", to Capture the Combobox Notification Messages
    SubClassForm Hwnd
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    'Release the SubClassing, Very Import to Prevent Crashing!
    RemoveSubClassing Hwnd
End Sub

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To use make sure your Startup Object is "Sub Main"