Changing colours of certain items in a listbox

[Brett Miller]

Hi,

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

Thanks in advance...

BM

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

You can't change the individual back and for colors of a listbox item. You
can change the back or the for color for the control as a whole.

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OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"Brett Miller" <br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

Thanks in advance...

BM

[BluDog]

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:36:59 +0200, "Brett Miller"
<br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> wrote:

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

Add a listbox to a form and try this:

<Code>

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
InitializeComponent()

ListBox1.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed

ListBox1.Items.Add("Black")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Red")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Green")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Blue")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Pink")

End Sub

Private Sub ListBox1_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
DrawItemEventArgs) Handles ListBox1.DrawItem

Dim s As String = ListBox1.Items(e.Index).ToString
Dim b As New SolidBrush(Color.FromName(s))

e.DrawBackground()
e.DrawFocusRectangle()
e.Graphics.DrawString(s, Font, b, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y)

b.Dispose

End Sub

</Code>

Hope this helps

Blu

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

I didnt think of that, well done !

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OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"BluDog" <ne**@nospam.bludog.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:36:59 +0200, "Brett Miller"
<br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> wrote:

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

Add a listbox to a form and try this:

<Code>

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
InitializeComponent()

ListBox1.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed

ListBox1.Items.Add("Black")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Red")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Green")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Blue")
ListBox1.Items.Add("Pink")

End Sub

Private Sub ListBox1_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
DrawItemEventArgs) Handles ListBox1.DrawItem

Dim s As String = ListBox1.Items(e.Index).ToString
Dim b As New SolidBrush(Color.FromName(s))

e.DrawBackground()
e.DrawFocusRectangle()
e.Graphics.DrawString(s, Font, b, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y)

b.Dispose

End Sub

</Code>

Hope this helps

Blu

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brett Miller" <br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> scripsit:

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

I suggest using a listview control instead because it natively supports
setting the color of the items. For the listbox control, you would have
to draw the items in the specific color yourself.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Brett Miller]

hi guys,

Thanks for the response, I can seem to the .Drawmode property or the
..DrawItem event??? I'm coding for the compact framework, mybe thats the
issue?

regards,
bm

"Brett Miller" <br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> wrote in message
news:Oc**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I need to change the colour of certain items in a listbox depending on
criteria I receive from my dataset? How would this be accomplished?

Thanks in advance...

BM

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brett Miller" <br***@NOSPAMpsion.co.za> scripsit:

Thanks for the response, I can seem to the .Drawmode property or the
.DrawItem event??? I'm coding for the compact framework, mybe thats the
issue?

For Compact Framework-related questions, consider posting to this group:

<URL:news://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework >

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>