CXTPControlComboBox and Sorting

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   Does anyone know how to set the style for the CXTPControlComboBox so
that it automatically sorts the contents a la a real combo box?  I
just spent over $700 on this library and have wasted over an hour
trying to figure out what ought to be a simple fix.  

Mark

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precisionlaser Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote precisionlaser Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CXTPControlComboBox and Sorting Posted: 29 September 2005 at 7:52pm
	Does anyone know how to set the style for the CXTPControlComboBox so that it automatically sorts the contents a la a real combo box? I just spent over $700 on this library and have wasted over an hour trying to figure out what ought to be a simple fix. Mark

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2005 at 1:51am
	Here fix: class CControlSortedComboBoxList : public CXTPControlComboBoxList { DECLARE_XTP_COMMANDBAR(CControlSortedComboBoxList); public: virtual void CreateListBox() { CreateEx(WS_EX_STATICEDGE \| WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, _T("LISTBOX"), _T(""), LBS_SORT \| WS_POPUP \| WS_VSCROLL \| WS_BORDER \| WS_CLIPCHILDREN, CRect(0, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0); } }; class CControlSortedComboBox: public CXTPControlComboBox { DECLARE_XTP_CONTROL(CControlSortedComboBox) public: CControlSortedComboBox() { if (m_pCommandBar) { m_pCommandBar->InternalRelease(); } m_pCommandBar = new CControlSortedComboBoxList(); ((CControlSortedComboBoxList)m_pCommandBar)-> ;CreateListBox(); } }; ... IMPLEMENT_XTP_CONTROL(CControlSortedComboBox, CXTPControlComboBox) IMPLEMENT_XTP_COMMANDBAR(CControlSortedComboBoxList, CXTPControlComboBoxList) ... Usage: CControlSortedComboBox pComboFind = new CControlSortedComboBox; pComboFind->SetDropDownListStyle(); pComboFind->SetEditHint(_T("Click to find string")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line1")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line3")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line2")); pComboFind->SetWidth(150); pComboFind->SetCaption(_T("Find")); pComboFind->SetStyle(xtpComboLabel); lpCreateControl->pControl = pComboFind; return TRUE;
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

precisionlaser Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote precisionlaser Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2005 at 5:52am
	Thank you, Oleg...I was afraid that was the only way to do this. I ended up just adding the LBS_SORT style to the CXTPControlComobBox class in the CreateListBox function and rebuilding. I almost never use a combo box without auto sorting, so it's easier just to do it this way and if I have to derive a new class without sorting, I'll just do it then. Why not a SetSortStyle member function in the future? Mark

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2005 at 11:47am
	Added for next, release. To prevent fixing your application for next release, I recommend change it back and to add: void ModifyListBoxStyle(DWORD dwRemove, DWORD dwAdd) void CXTPControlComboBox::ModifyListBoxStyle(DWORD dwRemove, DWORD dwAdd) { if (IsValidList()) { CXTPControlComboBoxList* pComboBoxList = ((CXTPControlComboBoxList)m_pCommandBar); pComboBoxList->m_dwStyle \|= dwAdd; pComboBoxList->m_dwStyle &= ~dwRemove; pComboBoxList->DestroyWindow(); pComboBoxList->CreateListBox(); } } And to fix CreateListBox as void CXTPControlComboBoxList::CreateListBox() { CreateEx(WS_EX_STATICEDGE \| WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, _T("LISTBOX"), _T(""), WS_POPUP \| WS_VSCROLL \| WS_BORDER \| WS_CLIPCHILDREN \| m_dwStyle, CRect(0, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0); } Usage: CXTPControlComboBox pComboFind = (CXTPControlComboBox)CXTPControlComboBox::CreateObject(); pComboFind->ModifyListBoxStyle(0, LBS_SORT);* pComboFind->SetDropDownListStyle(); pComboFind->SetEditHint(_T("Click to find string")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line1")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line3")); pComboFind->AddString(_T("Line2"));
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

csturg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 July 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote csturg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 October 2005 at 2:57pm
	Any idea when a version will be released that contains this sorting change? Thanks, Craig