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Short story: Sizes the dropdown portion of a combobox to fit number of elements.
Longer description from old site: click here.
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This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):
- Spool, Shell, and Hook, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, February 1998
- Call the Right Function, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, September 1999
This sample uses the following API calls:
Module Library Function CFullDrop.cls user32 GetSystemMetrics
GetWindowRect
IsWindow
MoveWindow
SendMessageMHookMe.bas kernel32
user32RtlMoveMemory
CallWindowProc
GetProp
GetWindowLong
RemoveProp
SetProp
SetWindowLongDon't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.
Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download FullDrop.zip, 11Kb, Last Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2005
The following resources may also be of interest:
- HookMe - Native subclassing technique for VB5/6. Extremely clean.
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