combobox view display width question

[BrianDH]

Hi
Is there a way to have the view/display width different from the width as it
sits on the form?

[BrianDH]

OK, its not the combo control width that i want to set/change, its the width
of the dropdown text value field when someone clicks the combobox.
Example: the combo is width 50px but there are values that are 100px long,
What I want to do is when the user clicks the combo the drop down part is
wider than the combo control.

Brian

"BrianDH" wrote:

Hi
Is there a way to have the view/display width different from the width as it
sits on the form?

[BrianDH]

Change Dropdown width at runtime
Dim intLength As Integer = CInt(DataSet.Tables(0).Rows.Count)
Dim g As Graphics
g = ComboBox.CreateGraphics()
Dim x As Integer = 0
Dim maxWidth As Integer = 72
Do Until x = intLength
Dim w As Integer =
CInt(g.MeasureString(DataSet.Tables(0).Rows(x).Ite m(1).ToString,
ComboBox.Font).Width)
If (w maxWidth) Then
maxWidth = w
End If
x = x + 1
Loop
g.Dispose()
ComboBox.DropDownWidth = maxWidth
"BrianDH" wrote:

Hi
Is there a way to have the view/display width different from the width as it
sits on the form?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"BrianDH" <Br*****@discussions.microsoft.comschrieb:

Is there a way to have the view/display width different from the width as
it
sits on the form?

Check out the combobox' 'DropDownWidth' property.

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