[VBnet Code Library] List API Index

	List 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 tabstops in a list or textbox. * Although CoolTabs can generate the code required for older editions of VB, note that all API declarations and API constants generated by the CoolTabs utility must be replaced with the proper 16-bit Windows API equivalents. Also, don't get bitten by the fact that some of the LB_* and EM_* message constant values changed between 16- and 32-bit Windows.

List Alignment vb6 vb5 vb4-32	How to Set Tabstops in a ListBox Wanted your multi-column list data to line up in list box without using a fixed-width font? This page shows how using SendMessage. Aug 27.1998 GetTextExtentPoint32: Right-Align List Box Data Quick method to cause a list box to right-align its contents. Oct 1.2001 SetWindowLong: Right-Align List Box Data and/or the Scrollbar Another method to right-align a list box contents, this time by twiddling the list extended style bit. Nov 3.2001

List Scrolling vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: Display the List Box Horizontal Scroll Bar Use this SendMessage/LB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT routine to add a correctly-sized horizontal scrollbar to a list box. Oct 7.1999 SendMessage: Display the List Box Horizontal Scroll Bar if Needed An advanced routine that provides a replacement AddItem method for assuring that the longest item added to a list always recalculates the correctly-sized horizontal scrollbar. Oct 7.1999

List Selections vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: Right-Click List Item Selection Using SendMessage to detect the list item beneath the mouse cursor. April 21.1999 vb4-32, vb5, vb6 only LBItemFromPt: Right-Click List Item Selection Using LBItemFromPt to detect the list item beneath the mouse cursor. April 22.1999 vb4-32, vb5, vb6 only LBItemFromPt: Right-Click List Item Selection from Any Routine Using LBItemFromPt to detect the list item beneath the mouse cursor in other than a mouse event. April 23.1999 vb5, vb6 only

List - Misc vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: Duplicate List Contents to Another List or Combo API wrapper functions to copy a list's contents to either another list or combo. May 11.1999 SendMessage: Clearing or Selecting All Items in a List Box Ever wished you had a fast way of learning all the selections from a MultiSelect list box or File List box? Here's your answer. Jan 8.1997 SendMessage: Quickly Find List Box Items using Full or Partial Matching Locate exact or near-matching strings in a list box using the SendMessage API. Jan 8.1997 SendMessage: Instantly Fill a List with Files, Folders or Drives The title says it all! Dec 26.96 BitBlt: Present a Non-Selectable 'No Data' Picture in a ListBox Simulate some of the listview's LVBKIMAGE functionality in a list box. Nov 29.2003 SendMessage: Quickly Retrieve Multiple List Box Selections Get the list indices of all selected items in a MultiSelect list box with this tiny routine. Aug 8.1998