Function Reference


_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetMinVisible

Set the minimum number of visible items in the drop-down list of a ComboBox

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetMinVisible ( $hWnd, $iMinimum )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control
$iMinimum Specifies the minimum number of visible items

Return Value

Success: True.
Failure: False.

Remarks

When the number of items in the drop-down list is greater than the minimum, the Combobbox uses a scrollbar. By default, 30 is the minimum number of visible items.

This message is ignored if the combo box control has style $CBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT.

Related

_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetMinVisible

Example

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiImageList.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()

        ; Create GUI
        Local $hGUI = GUICreate("ComboBoxEx Get/Set Min Visible (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 300)
        Local $hCombo = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_Create($hGUI, "", 2, 2, 394, 100)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        Local $hImage = _GUIImageList_Create(16, 16, 5, 3)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 110)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 131)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 165)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 168)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 137)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 146)
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0xFF0000, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x00FF00, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x0000FF, 16, 16))
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetImageList($hCombo, $hImage)

        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_InitStorage($hCombo, 150, 300)
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_BeginUpdate($hCombo)

        Local $iImage
        For $x = 0 To 149
                $iImage = Random(0, 8, 1)
                _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_AddString($hCombo, StringFormat("%03d : string", $x), $iImage, $iImage)
        Next
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_EndUpdate($hCombo)
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Information", "Min Vis.: " & _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetMinVisible($hCombo))
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Information", "Set Min Vis: " & _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetMinVisible($hCombo, 50))
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Information", "Min Vis.: " & _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetMinVisible($hCombo))

        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example