AutoCompelete feature

[abdul]

Hi, I can use a kind of auto complete in the combobox box look at the following line:

int theindex;
theindex = SendMessage(cbhwnd, CB_FINDSTRING, (WPARAM)-1, (LPARAM)(LPCSTR)"C:") 

When I read the value of "theindex" I get some large number like "20101201020" what is that? Should not it return a real index number like 0,1, or 2 in the combobox?

[Vlatko]

The return value is the zero-based index of the matching item. If the search is unsuccessful, it is CB_ERR.

Have you checked that that number is not the CB_ERR.

[abdul]

i used itoa to convert the number to a string and then show a messagebox like this:

char buffer[100];
itoa(theindex, buffer, 20);
MessageBox(NULL,buffer,"Hi",MB_OK); 

[Vlatko]

Why are you converting it to a string. Use

If(theIndex == CB_ERR)
//show error message