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Class: command bar combobox
Plural
command bar comboboxes
Represents a combo box control on a command bar.
Use command bar control index, where index is the index number of the control, to return a
command bar combobox object. (The control type property of the control must be control edit,
control dropdown, control combobox, button dropdown, split dropdown, OCX dropdown,
graphic combo, or graphic dropdown.)
The following example creates a new command bar combobox and adjusts the size of the control on
the command bar named "Custom," and then it adds two items to the combo box.
set newCombo to make new command bar control at command bar "Custom" with ¬
properties {control type:control combobox}
set drop down lines of newCombo to 3
set drop down width of newCombo to 90
set list index of newCombo to 0
add item to combobox newCombo combobox item "First Item" entry index 1
add item to combobox newCombo combobox item "Second Item" entry index 2
Properties
combobox style
Returns or sets the way a command bar combo box control is displayed. Read/write.
Can be either of the following:
·
combobox style label
·
combobox style normal
combobox text
Returns or sets the text in the display or edit portion of the command bar combo box control.
Read/write.
drop down lines
Returns or sets the number of lines in the specified command bar combo box control. The
combo box control must be a custom control, and it must be either a drop-down list box or a
combo box. Read/write.
Note If this property is set for a combo box control that's either an edit box or a built-in
combo box control, an error occurs.
If this property is set to 0 (zero), the number of lines in the control will be based on the number
of items in the list.