_GUICtrlComboBox_GetCueBanner simply doesn't work.

[satanico64]

Hi huys !

 how are you ? family ? dog, cat ? well..

 

I've got a problem: _GUICtrlComboBox_GetCueBanner

i can't get it to work.

Simple: even the example from help does'nt work...

 

I insist, it's excactly the example from the help, no modifications

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $g_idMemo
Example()

Func Example()
    Local $idCombo

    ; Create GUI
    GUICreate("ComboBox Get Count", 400, 296)
    $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
    _GUICtrlComboBox_SetCueBanner($idCombo, "Select an Item")
    $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 50, 376, 234, $WS_VSCROLL)
    GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    ; Add files
    _GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($idCombo)
    _GUICtrlComboBox_AddDir($idCombo, @WindowsDir & "\*.exe")
    _GUICtrlComboBox_EndUpdate($idCombo)

    MemoWrite("Cue Banner: " & _GUICtrlComboBox_GetCueBanner($idCombo))

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
    GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite

I also added the display of the cuebanner in the loop.

It never display what actually appears in the combo

If you can show me any king of working example.

Thanks Guys !

Nicolas.

Actually autoit v3.3.14.2

[Subz]

Focus on something else and the cue banner will appear, for example click the bottom Edit Box, Combo shows "Select an item", if you click in the Combo it disappears which is what it's suppose to do.

[Melba23]

satanico64,

Combo cuebanners are funny things and will only display when the combo is not focussed. Focus on the edit by clicking it and the cuebanner appears in the combo. I will look at the UDF code and see if I can change this behaviour.

M23

Edit: Hi, Subz!

Edit 2: I see the problem - the _GUICtrlComboBox_SetCueBanner function does not have an optional parameter to display/hide the cue banner when focussed and just defaults to hide. If I add a parameter similar to the $bOnFocus parameter in _GUICtrlEdit_SetCueBanner you will be able to choose whether to see the cuebanner in all circumstances. I will amend the UDF accordingly.

M23

Edited April 4, 2017 by Melba23

[satanico64]

okay thanks !

i've solved my problems:

initialy i wanted to use cuebanners  because i had a problem working with  _GUICtrlComboBox_AutoComplete while typing text, and mouse selection.

On each modification i display the value in other field, it was ok for text input, but when i was selecting with mouse, with Case $CBN_SELCHANGE  i could'nt get the selected text, _GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditText took the last text but not the text my eyes see.

I solved using:

$index = _GUICtrlComboBox_GetCurSel($Id_Combo)

_GUICtrlComboBox_GetLBText($Id_Combo,$index,$letexte )

wich give me selected text

well it's ok for me on this point.

Thanks for having a look on _GUICtrlComboBox_SetCueBanner

have a nice day !