Peter, 95% of the time VFP gets it correct but just occasionally it displays the dropdown combo OFF the screen and it is a real pain to move the window upwards so you can select an entry!
Dave Crozier "A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match" - Bill Bryson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing Sent: 28 June 2006 17:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Forcing Combo Box opening Upwards Dave Crozier wrote: > Does anyone know a way of forcing a combobox to open in the upwards > direction as opposed to the default downwards direction? > > VFP seems to decide itself whether the list is too large to open in > the default downwards direction depending on the amount of window > space available below the combobox but I want to force the box in an > upwards direction. > > Any Ideas? > Hi Dave, Can't see any way to control this. The combo seems to drop down even below the edge of the current app if it can, but will go upwards if it means it will go over the taskbar. Maybe there is a custom control available to do this? Peter [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
