To remove items from a Combo Box list permanently in VB6.0

Originally Posted by mysore

Hello,

How can I remove selected items from a combo box permanently from the list during run time in VB 6.0. It should not show up in the next run time.

Please help.

Thank You,
Pratibha

Originally Posted by pureenhanoi

If all item from ur combobox are fix (u have been inserted from designer) so u cannot remove any items. If they are dinamic (loaded from database), simply remove from database also when u remove from combobox

Originally Posted by Killer42

I have to disagree, pureenhanoi. The fact that items are placed in the list at design time has no bearing. They can still be removed with the .RemoveItem method.

mysore, The real issue here is persistence of your list from one execution to the next. As usual, to do this you need to record the information somewhere, so you can read it back next time. The three places that immediately come to mind would be a text file, a database or the system registry.

Originally Posted by Killer42

I have to disagree, pureenhanoi. The fact that items are placed in the list at design time has no bearing. They can still be removed with the .RemoveItem method.

mysore, The real issue here is persistence of your list from one execution to the next. As usual, to do this you need to record the information somewhere, so you can read it back next time. The three places that immediately come to mind would be a text file, a database or the system registry.