Article ID: 110415
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q110415
SUMMARY
In most dialog boxes in Microsoft Word, you can select a list box item by double-clicking the list box text. This article describes a dialog function to create the same effect.
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When dialog action 2 occurs, the following sample macro checks the ControlID$ value and the dialog identifier with the focus. When the ControlID$ value = "OK" and the focus is on the "ListBox1" dialog identifier, the message "You double-clicked on item xxx" is displayed.
Sub MAIN
Dim ListBox1$(2)
ListBox1$(0) = "List item 1"
ListBox1$(1) = "List item 2"
ListBox1$(2) = "List item 3"
Begin Dialog UserDialog 281, 210, "Double-Click Example", .dialogbox
ListBox 10, 6, 160, 120, ListBox1$(), .ListBox1
OKButton 182, 7, 88, 21
CancelButton 182, 31, 88, 21
End Dialog
Dim UDdlg As UserDialog
n = Dialog(UDdlg)
End Sub
Function DialogBox(id$, action, suppval)
Select Case Action
Case 2
If id$ = "OK" And DlgFocus$() = "ListBox1" Then
MsgBox "You double-clicked on " + DlgText$("ListBox1")
DialogBox = 1
End If
Case Else
End Select
End Function
If you don't want to include an OK button in your dialog, use dialog action 1 to change the text of the OK button when the dialog is initialized, for example:
Sub MAIN
Dim ListBox1$(2)
ListBox1$(0) = "List item 1"
ListBox1$(1) = "List item 2"
ListBox1$(2) = "List item 3"
Begin Dialog UserDialog 281, 210, "Double-Click Example", .dialogbox
ListBox 10, 6, 160, 120, ListBox1$(), .ListBox1
OKButton 182, 7, 88, 21
CancelButton 182, 31, 88, 21
End Dialog
Dim UDdlg As UserDialog
n = Dialog(UDdlg)
End Sub
Function DialogBox(id$, action, suppval)
Select Case Action
Case 1
DlgText "OK", "Open"
Case 2
If id$ = "OK" And DlgFocus$() = "ListBox1" Then
MsgBox "You double-clicked on " + DlgText$("ListBox1")
DialogBox = 1
End If
Case Else
End Select
End Function
For more information, see "Responding to a Double-Click" in Chapter 5 of the Word Developer's Kit (page 128). Also, in the Examples.dot file included on the Word Developer's Kit disk there is a fully operational macro example named "ch05ex06FileBrowser".
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," pages 128-129
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