Difficult ?

[Chris_SE]

Alright anyone notice that in VB when you type say text1. it creates a list of properties you can choose(you better had )? How can I mimic that? Api maybe?

[Jop]

Are you making an active X control (OCX?) and want to display it or do you want to display it in your program for the users?

[ExcalibursZone]

If memory serves, that's what's called an enumeration. Karl Moore has done a little writeup of this in his Article: ActiveX Control Tutorial. Here is the exact page he describes how to set up an enumeration:
http://www.vb-world.net/articles/controls2/index3.html

And here is the enumeration:

Public Enum CharacterType
    All 
    Numbers 
    Letters 
End Enum

Check out his articles, you'll get a lot out of them (I did).

[Chris_SE]

I just want to add that list to my projects, control or otherwise

[Chris_SE]

I meant I want to mimic the drop down box that lets you select the properties in VB code editor

[ExcalibursZone]

I guess I'm still confused.

Do you mean you want to write something that will allow a person who's using an IDE that you've developed to see this? Like in a textbox or richtextbox? Or do you want to set up your own modules/classes/activex controls that do this?

[Chris_SE]

Okay you know how vb will make that dialog to fill in the properties? The little drop down list when you type object names? I just want to do something like that