Description

Short story: Sizes the dropdown portion of a combobox to fit number of elements.

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Published

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

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
CFullDrop.cls	user32	GetSystemMetrics GetWindowRect IsWindow MoveWindow SendMessage
MHookMe.bas	kernel32 user32	RtlMoveMemory CallWindowProc GetProp GetWindowLong RemoveProp SetProp SetWindowLong

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Download

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, 12 May 2005

See Also

The following resources may also be of interest:

• HookMe - Native subclassing technique for VB5/6. Extremely clean.