Combo Box Question

[mpSmooth]

I know I've seen the code before, but I have a combo box, and the text is to wide for the control, and I need the combo box to expand out when clicked, so that the full text can show. Thanks

[YoungBuck]

You need to use SendMessage and the CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH constant....

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 Const CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH = &H160

Private Sub Form_Load()
 Dim s As String
 Dim width As Long
    s = "Realllllly Long Text"
    Combo1.width = 750
    Combo1.AddItem s
    width = Me.TextWidth(s)
    SetComboDroppedWidth Combo1, width
End Sub

Private Sub SetComboDroppedWidth(c As ComboBox, w As Long)
Dim iPixW As Long

iPixW = Me.ScaleX(w, vbTwips, vbPixels)

Debug.Print SendMessage(c.hwnd, CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH, iPixW, 0)

End Sub

Of course you will need to adjust the width according to the longest text in your combobox.