Clicking the combo box

[mrRee]

I had a drop-list combo box. But when i run the program, the program doesn't select the item when i click the item. I don't know where it went wrong.

What i mean is, the item in the list box of the combo box cannot be selected by using mouse. But it only can be selected by using keyboard.

[Bond]

Are you clicking the combo button to make the drop-down list appear? What I'm getting at is, does the mouse work on the combo box at all?

[mrRee]

The dropdown list appear but i can't select the item in the list by clicking on it. I only can select the item by using the keyboard (up and down arrow)....
The dropdown list will appear when i click on the combo box or the arrow button of the combo box..

Is there something to do with the BN_CLICKED,? As long as i know it is nothing to do with it.

p/s: I use CB_INSERTSTRING to add item and initialize it with CBN_SELECTSTRING.
Last time i use CB_ADDSTRING and CBN_SETCURSEL but the behaviour is just
the same..Combo box style-> Owner draw=no. Not design in run time(created
in the dialog template)

[kirants]

Are you sure you are doing nothing in code at all ? Make sure you comment out everything to do with the combo box , just leave it in the template and see ..

[mrRee]

Are you sure you are doing nothing in code at all ?

Yes.. I had something like this:

case WM_COMMAND:
switch(LOWORD(wParam))
{
case IDC_STUFF:
switch(HIWORD(wParam))
{
case CBN_SELENDOK: //if the selection is confirm
GetDlgItemText(mainWnd,IDC_STUFF, task,20);//get the stuff name
setWork(task);break}
break;
............//another code for handle another event

void setWork(TCHAR *selection)
{
TCHAR item[40];

lstrcpy(item,"Work : ");
lstrcat(item,selection);
SendDlgItemMessage(mainWnd,IDC_WORK,LB_RESETCONTENT,0,0);// the list box content
for( int i=1;i<=2;i++)
{
//insert the string into list box(IDC_WORK is a List box)
SendDlgItemMessage(mainWnd,IDC_WORK,LB_ADDSTRING,-1,(LPARAM)item);
}
}

//this is the initialize part of the combo box:

void taskControl()
{
TCHAR task[4][20];

lstrcpy(task[1],"Task 1");
lstrcpy(task[2],"Task 2");
lstrcpy(task[3],"Task 3");

for(int i=1;i<=3;i++)
{ //Add the string into list box of the combo box at the end of list(-1)
SendDlgItemMessage(mainWnd,IDC_STUFF,CB_INSERTSTRING,-1,(LPARAM)task[i]);
}
//set current selection to first item list
SendDlgItemMessage(mainWnd,IDC_STUFF,CB_SELECTSTRING,-1,(LPARAM)task[1]);
setWork(task[1]);
}


is there something wrong with that?...
thanx

[kirants]

Diffi to say.. is it possibile to zip up ur project and post it ?

[mrRee]

Here is my code:

[kirants]

Change this line as below:

while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))

You were using mainWnd instead of NULL, so windows will pull only messages for the mainWnd and none else ;)

[mrRee]

O my God..

So that's the reason...Thanx a lot for your help...I'am the newbie in this programming stuff...sorry for the silly question..

[kirants]

You r welcome.. Take it easy.. All normal people do silly mistakes initially :D