[VBnet Code Library] Text API Index

	Text/String API Updated Monday December 26, 2011
Category	Topic
CoolTabs vb6 vb5 vb4-32 vb4-16* vb3*	VBnet CoolTabs Utility Use this utility to format the tab stops in a list or textbox. *Although CoolTabs can generate the code required for older editions of VB, all API declarations and API constants must be replaced with the proper 16-bit Windows API equivalents. Also, if converting backwards note that some of the LB_ and EM_ message values changed between 16- and 32-bit Windows. SendMessage: Align Text Box Contents Using Tabstops Like the list box method, how to align multi-column text data in a textbox without using the Courier font. Jan 8.1997

Contents vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: Determine the Number of Lines in a Text Box This code fills a label with the number of lines of text in a textbox as the user enters text. Jul 18.1998 SendMessage: Determine the Current Line in a Text Box This code fills a label with the current line number that the user is on. Jul 18.1998 SendMessage: Find Text Box Document Size via API There may be times you might want a precise count of the size of the text in a textbox. While the FileLen() function can provide this information for a newly opened file, this code fills a label with the dynamic size of the document that updates as the user changes the text. Jul 18.1998 SendMessage: Programmatically Scroll a Text Box Vertically How to use the SendMessage API to programmatically scroll a textbox vertically by any number of lines. The code also contains an interesting speed comparison demonstrating the overhead involved when a control's property is referenced during a complex operation, over the recommend method of using temporary variables for this purpose. Jul 18.1998 SendMessage: Text Selection Methods via API Non-typical routines using APIs for selecting text. Jul 18.1998 SendMessage: Text Range Selection via API API method to select text based on its line number in a textbox. Sep 13.1998

Ellipses vb6 vb5 vb4-32	DrawText: Add Ellipses to a File Path Create an ellipsed string by specifying the size of the desired string in characters. May 20.2004 PathCompactPath: Adding Ellipses to a File Path Create an ellipsed string in a length specified in pixels. May 20.2004 PathCompactPathEx: Adding Ellipses to a File Path Create an ellipsed string to fit within a specific RECT, with path or end ellipses. May 20.2004

Effects vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: Add Balloon Tips to a Text Box Nifty way to notify users under XP or later. Mar 10.2003 SetWindowLong: Turn a Text Box into a Resizable Control API code to add a sizeable border to a textbox at runtime. Jan 25.1997 SendMessage: Align Text Box Contents Using Tabstops Like the list box method, how to align multi-column text data in a textbox without using the Courier font. Jan 8.1997 SetWindowLong: Special Text Box Styles and Messages Customize the style for textboxes. Updated Aug 17.1998 SendMessage: Use Cue Banners to Prompt Users XP-look prompting for edit and combo controls. Mar 10.2003 Pure VB: Cue Banners for the XP Impaired The XP-style cue prompt for non-XP versions of Windows. Sep 29.2003

Text API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SHAutoComplete: Add AutoComplete to a VB Text Box Use the SHAutoComplete API if you're running IE 5 or greater. Nov 27.1999 SendMessage: Make a Style-0 Combo Edit Read-Only Method to disable text editing in a 'Style 0' combo box (VB5 or earlier, but works in VB6 too). May 5.1999 WM_CONTEXTMENU: Kill the Default Combo Box Context Menu Eliminating the combo edit context menu via subclassing. Dec 19.2000 WM_CONTEXTMENU: Kill the Default Text Box Context Menu Eliminating the default textbox context menu via subclassing. Jun 6.1999

String API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	DrawText: Shorten Long Strings with Ellipses Add the ability to create truncated strings containing ellipses. Jun 22.1998 Pure VB: Implementing a Number-To-Text Conversion Function A multi-option number-to-text routine. May 21.1999