combo1_change question

[Winla]

It sounds simple, but still needs help

I have a combobox with the style of dropdown list. I want some events fired when the user change the list selection.

Common sense leads me to following code

Private sub Combo1_change()
msgbox "selection is changed"
end sub

But it doesn't work. MSDN says:
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ComboBox — changes the text in the text box portion of the control. Occurs only if the Style property is set to 0 (Dropdown Combo) or 1 (Simple Combo) and the user changes the text or you change the Text property setting through code.
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Other events such as _lostfocus, _keypress and _click are not working for my purpose.

Any help? thx!

[WadeD]

If the click event is firing, you can just call your change event code from there.

Private Sub Combo1_Click
   Call Combo1_Change
End Sub

[Winla]

Thanks very much WadeD! It is great!

I have another question here.
For the following code

<code>Private sub combo1_change()
msgbox combo1.text
end sub

private sub combo1_click()
msgbox combo1.text
call combo1_change
end sub</code>

Both msgbox show new Text, anyway to know original text?
Since in my application, some of combo list are not allowed to be changed, I need a way to identify these items and if true, set the text back to original

thanks so much for help

[WadeD]

Since the only event firing without your intervention is the combo1_click event, I'm guessing that the user can only select values from the combo (not type in a value) and you don't want them to do this in certain instances. If you want to temporarily disable them from selecting a different value, use combo1.enabled = false

If you do want to keep the combo enabled, use this:

'Declare bAllowChanges as a Public Variable Indicating if Changes Are Allowed Right Now

Private Sub Combo1_Change
If bAllowChanges = True Then  
   'Store Value
   Combo1.Tag = Combo1.ListIndex
Else
   'Warn User, Reset Value
   Msgbox "This Item May Not Be Changed.", vbOkOnly + vbInformation, "Invalid Entry"
   Combo1.ListIndex = Combo1.Tag  
End If