Posting the entire solution should not normally be necessary. A hint in the right direction often suffices for many (diligent) answer seekers. "Teach a man to fish... etc."
Regards, -- C. On Dec 12, 4:12 pm, JerryB <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your comments. > > Should I post the final solution (DrawItem & SelectedIndexChanged procs) to > the newsgroup? > > I am now retired but had been a systems/programming consultant for over 40 > years. This is the first 'language' I have come across (Assembler, COBOL, > FORTRAN, etc.) where you really cannot pick a set of favorite commands and go > from there. There is so much in VB.NET. I will say it is a pleasure > compared to VBA where one has to write everything. > > Jerry B > > --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Cerebrus <[email protected]> > Subject: [DotNetDevelopment] Re: Newbie Needs Help with ComboBox > To: "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web > Services,.NET Remoting" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 3:36 AM > > Good work, Jerry. > > 1. It's commendable that you posted the solution here because in all > probability, someone else will face the same problem and come > searching (and find this!). > > 2. Your comment about the vastness of VB.NET actually applies to > programming in most languages/frameworks. That is why there can be no > "experts" in this domain. > > On Dec 11, 10:46 pm, JerryB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > Please cancel the above request for help. I solved my problem. I read > > that the DrawItem event occurs only when one clicks on the dropdown > > button. That tidbit of information solved my problem. I assumed that I > > had to draw everything. > > > There is so much to learn in VB.NET. It is amazing how much there is. > > One reads all the tutorials, which is fine, but one does not realize > > how much there is until you start writing code. > > > Jerry B- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
