phew. Thanks folks. that was the last bug to figure out. I am finished and your suggestions worked. I created a CSS Generator for a friend and now he can test it. If anybody wants to pick it apart for fun, here it is.
Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Piske, Harald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:35 AM Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] showing firstvisible in a combo box > FirstVisibleItem takes an Index, not a string. The Index is zero-based, as > Dave said. The points are > > a) if you want a specific entry to be selected by default, so that the user > can change is if she wants and leave it if she doesn't, then you want > $LB->Select(), not FirstVisibleItem. > > b) use $LB->FirstVisibleItem($LB->SelectedItem()) to make sure the selected > entry is not scrolled out of view. > > c) if you sort the entries in your listbox, $LB->Select(0) does not select > the item you inserted first, but the first item in the sort order. > > d) user $LB->FindString($entry) to get the zero-based index of $entry, for > use in other methods like Select of FirstVisibleItem. > > Have fun, > Harald > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sonntag, 3. Juni 2001 06:04 > > To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] showing firstvisible in a > > combo box > > > > > > I'm not sure this is the best way, but what I would do is change > > > > $bftextdecdd->FirstVisibleItem(); > > to > > $bftextdecdd->Select(0); > > > > That will automatically select the first element in your list. > > ( it is 0 because combobox uses a 0-based index to reference the items > > in the list ). > > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Dave McLaughlin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Chris Etzel > > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 1:56 AM > > To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] showing firstvisible in a combo box > > > > > > Hey, > > > > I have this code, and I want to make the word 'none' from the list > > visible by default and then the user can choose something else if they > > want. I have looked through the docs and have tried > > FirstVisibleItem but > > no luck. Any help appreciated! > > > > Chris > > > > $bftextdecdd=$Win1->AddCombobox( > > -name=>"bftextdecdd", > > -width=>100, > > -height=>100, > > -tabstop=>1, > > -top=>242, > > -left=>370, > > -style=> WS_VISIBLE | WS_SCROLL | 3 > > ); > > > > $bftextdecdd->InsertItem("none"); > > $bftextdecdd->InsertItem("blink"); > > $bftextdecdd->InsertItem("line-through"); > > $bftextdecdd->InsertItem("underline"); > > $bftextdecdd->InsertItem("overline"); > > #$bftextdecdd->FirstVisibleItem(); how the hell do I show > > 'none' as > > #first visible by default? > > > > sub bftextdecdd_Change{ > > > > $bftextdecdd->Text($bftextdecdd->GetString($bftextdecdd->Selec > > tedItem)); > > } > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users >
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