additem

[Goh]

cboRequestor.AddItem ("X")
cboRequestor.AddItem ("y")
cboRequestor.AddItem ("z")

i am using the style 'dropdown list' which i intend to use.
however how do i add to the statments above to make z item the first to show instead of x..
and currently the combo is blank when first load ...how do i make the first item of the list to be show straight after the loading of form?

[crptcblade]

cboRequestor.Text = "z"

As long as the item exists, that will work.

[randem]

Goh


cboRequestor.Text = cboRequestor.List(0) will allow you to show which ever item in your list that you want. Where 0 is the list index of the item you want to display.

[Goh]

so the list(0) is the first item that will be shown from my objRS ?( for my case i mean)

[randem]

Goh,

This is correct. If you mean the combo listbox.

[Goh]

so the only way to test the index number for a particular item is to try out one by one right?

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by Goh
so the only way to test the index number for a particular item is to try out one by one right?

Not really, do a search for CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT and you will find an API example that can do it in one call.

[Goh]

wat is CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT ???

[crptcblade]

Its an API constant used by the SendMessage API. Do a search and you will see.

[Goh]

thanks