Combo: Execute vs Clicked vs KeyDown

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   Gday,

How can I differ between when a user has pressed enter and when they have clicked on the combobox? They both trigger the Execute event, and I can't see how I determine the user's action.

Normally in VB you would use the "Click" and KeyPress/Down events. How can I do this with the CommandBarComboBox?

The desired effect is that when someone presses enter on the combo, i do a lookup based on the control.text, whereas when they "click" on the combo i don't need to a lookup beacuse the item they have clicked on already exists.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

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dajv Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 July 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote dajv Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Combo: Execute vs Clicked vs KeyDown Posted: 27 October 2004 at 2:33am
	Gday, How can I differ between when a user has pressed enter and when they have clicked on the combobox? They both trigger the Execute event, and I can't see how I determine the user's action. Normally in VB you would use the "Click" and KeyPress/Down events. How can I do this with the CommandBarComboBox? The desired effect is that when someone presses enter on the combo, i do a lookup based on the control.text, whereas when they "click" on the combo i don't need to a lookup beacuse the item they have clicked on already exists. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 October 2004 at 8:21am
	The InitCommandsPopup event is fired when the combobox is dropped down (the dop-down button is clicked). Then the Execute event is fired when they click\hit enter on a selection.

dajv Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 July 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote dajv Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 October 2004 at 1:12am
	That helps, thanks. I notice that this event passes a XtremeCommandBars.ICommandBar object. Is there a way to determine from this what triggered the event? For example, as well as triggering when the combo is dropped-down, it is also triggered when a popup menu is shown. I'm only interested in when the combo is dropped down. Its not essential, but would be helpful to know. Thanks again.

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: 28 October 2004 at 6:44am
	CommandBar.Position = xtpBarListBox for combo list.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 October 2004 at 6:55am
	This event is fired any time a drop-down/popup is displayed. In the event you must test to see what triggered the event so you can act on it appropriately. All you really need to do is look at the Parent property. If (Not CommandBar.Parent Is Nothing) And (CommandBar.Parent.Type = xtpControlComboBox) Then Dim myCombo As CommandBarComboBox Set myCombo = CommandBar.Parent.Id 'Your combobox code here End If

dajv Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 July 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote dajv Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 October 2004 at 5:50pm
	Thanks oleg and SuperMario. I wasn't aware that CommandBar.Parent pointed to the control that triggered the event, that is helpful. Remember though that VB6's If isnt short-circuited so If (Not CommandBar.Parent Is Nothing) And (CommandBar.Parent.Type = xtpControlComboBox) Then should be split to two ifs. Curse those stupid VB6 quirks! :) Thanks again.