Brian, I do something similar in my application. Have you looked at the -dropdown and -dropdownlist options? The different behaviours are explained at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/pla tform/commctls/comboboxes/comboboxes.asp I use -dropdown with a GotFocus routine to force open the list something like this: ================================================= use Win32::GUI; use constant CURSOR_ARROW => 65553; $mw = new Win32::GUI::Window( -name => "mw", -size => [200, 200], ); $mw->AddCombobox( -name => "cbCombo", -size => [170, 110], -pos => [10, 10], -vscroll => 1, -dropdown => 1, ); $mw->cbCombo->SetExtendedUI(1); # Down arrow to drop down list $mw->cbCombo->AddString($_) for qw(Alan Bernard Cindy Diane Eric Francis Graham); sub cbCombo_GotFocus { $mw->cbCombo->ShowDropDown(1); Win32::GUI::SetCursor(CURSOR_ARROW); } $mw->Show(); Win32::GUI::Dialog(); ===================================================================== Glenn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Millham Sent: Sunday, 19 September, 2004 21:17 To: perl-win32-gui-users Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Combobox and KeyPress Is there a way to detect the KeyPress event for a Combobox? Or am I going about what I want to do wrong. I have a Combobox that is populated from a database. What I'm trying to do is to be able to just select the item like normal with a mouse click, or to be able to type in the first few letters and have the matching item selected. I'd also like to be able to enter a non-matching entry that would then be added to the database. Is this possible with a Combobox? Brian Millham [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0438-3, 09/17/2004 Tested on: 9/19/2004 8:17:22 PM avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users
