Need a ReadOnly ComboBox

[**Developer**]

I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.

The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something wrong,
I can't change the text programmically either.
I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.

Is there a simple way of doing this?
Thanks

[Chris]

**Developer** wrote:

I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.

The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something wrong,
I can't change the text programmically either.
I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.

Is there a simple way of doing this?
Thanks

Haven't tried it myself, but why don't you override the keypress event
of the combo box and ignore all the keystrokes.

Chris

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

" **Developer**" <RE*************@a-znet.com> schrieb:

I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.

The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something wrong,
I can't change the text programmically either.
I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.

See:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/c32a838f79d4a0e6>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[**Developer**]

> Haven't tried it myself, but why don't you override the keypress event of

the combo box and ignore all the keystrokes.

Chris

I had tried it except I think it was one of the other Key** Overrides and it
didn't work.
I just did it by overriding KeyPress and it seems to work OK.
Thanks

[**Developer**]

I had seen that and before I tried it I tried Chris' method and it seems OK,
so I did not pursue that method.

(When I read it I did wonder if it made the text so that the contents could
not be changed even programmatically. For future reference, do you have any
idea?)

Thanks
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ux**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

" **Developer**" <RE*************@a-znet.com> schrieb:

I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.

The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something wrong,
I can't change the text programmically either.
I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.

See:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/c32a838f79d4a0e6>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Dennis]

If a combo box has a style of "Dropdown List", only the items in the list can
be selected and shown in the text portion. I would think the best way to
change the text is to add whatever text you want to the combo box's item
collection then set the selected index to that item...this should cause the
text to be shown in the text box of the combo box.
--
Dennis in Houston
"**Developer**" wrote:

I had seen that and before I tried it I tried Chris' method and it seems OK,
so I did not pursue that method.

(When I read it I did wonder if it made the text so that the contents could
not be changed even programmatically. For future reference, do you have any
idea?)

Thanks
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ux**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

" **Developer**" <RE*************@a-znet.com> schrieb:

I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.

The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something wrong,
I can't change the text programmically either.
I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.

See:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/c32a838f79d4a0e6>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[**Developer**]

That should work because I eventually (after many changes) add it to the
items anyway.

Thanks
"Dennis" <De****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB**********************************@microsof t.com...

If a combo box has a style of "Dropdown List", only the items in the list
can
be selected and shown in the text portion. I would think the best way to
change the text is to add whatever text you want to the combo box's item
collection then set the selected index to that item...this should cause
the
text to be shown in the text box of the combo box.
--
Dennis in Houston
"**Developer**" wrote:

I had seen that and before I tried it I tried Chris' method and it seems
OK,
so I did not pursue that method.

(When I read it I did wonder if it made the text so that the contents
could
not be changed even programmatically. For future reference, do you have
any
idea?)

Thanks
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ux**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

>" **Developer**" <RE*************@a-znet.com> schrieb:
>>I need a ComboBox that the user cannot directly edit the text portion.
>> And the user must click the arrow button to display the list portion.
>>
>> The DropDownList would do the trick but unless I'm doing something
>> wrong,
>> I can't change the text programmically either.
>> I don't want the user to change the text but my program must.
>
> See:
>
> <URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/c32a838f79d4a0e6>
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>