Microsoft KB Archive/181131

= PRB: ComboBox Text Property Does Not Update Properly =

Article ID: 181131

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
 * Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q181131



SYMPTOMS
The ComboBox Text property is not updated until after the ComboBox Click event is complete. This behavior may be a problem if the value of the Text property is required during the ComboBox Click event.



RESOLUTION
The ListIndex property is updated as soon as the item is selected and can be used to determine the text of that item. To work around this problem, use the ListIndex property as follows: Combo1.List(Combo1.ListIndex)



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default. Add a ComboBox (Combo1) to Form1.  Add the following code: Option Explicit Dim x

Private Sub Form_Load For x = 1 to 8 Combo1.AddItem "Item" & x        Next End Sub

Private Sub Combo1_Click MsgBox "Text: " & Combo1.Text & ", ListIndex: " & _ Combo1.ListIndex End Sub  Press F5 to run the project. Click the drop-down arrow of Combo1 and click Item1. Note that the message box shows the value of the Text property as Combo1 instead of Item1.</ol>

Additional query words: wince wce vbce evb vbce6

Keywords: kbtoolkit kbprb KB181131

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