setting edit text of combox

**divideby0** · Aug 12 '12, 07:53 PM

Is it possible to set the edit text portion of a combo box programmaticall y? I'm not processing any user entered text.

I'm using C and WinAPI only - no MFC or stuff like that.

Code:

hndCombo = CreateWindow(...,
           WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TAPSTOP |
           CBS_HASSTRINGS | CBS_DROPDOWNLIST,
           ...);

Stuff I've tried that doesn't work

Code:

SetWindowText(hndCombo, ...);
SetDlgItemText(parent, id_combo, ...);
SendMessage(hndCombo, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)...);

If that isn't possible, can I limit the number of strings displayed in the dropdown so that I can add the "display" text to the end of the list and just use

Code:

drop down list
"option 1"
"option 2"
"option 3"  stop showing here
"display text but invisible to user"
 
SendMessage(hndCombo, CB_SETCURSEL, 3, 0);

Thanks in advance