Stephen, thank you very much for your reply. I had actually drafted an email
to you, to see if you would quote on writing the code in question. But I
thought that I would give the newsgroups one try, first.
=== YEA FOR NEWSGROUPS! ===
Let me know (now or in future) if there is anything that I can do for you in
return. Probably that would NOT include, writing screen management API code
!!
Thanks again,
TC
"Stephen Lebans" <ForEmailGotoMy.WebSite.-(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It seems strange the hoops you are jumping through but I'm sure you must
> have your reasons. Also you would have to include logic to handle when
> the Keyboard is use to navigate/select a row in the control.
>
> I'll leave the column calculations to you but here is a solution to
> determine the current highlighted row of a ComboBox control.
> http://www.lebans.com/combocurrentrow.htm
>
> --
>
> HTH
> Stephen Lebans
> http://www.lebans.com
> Access Code, Tips and Tricks
> Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.
>
>
> "TC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1075694307.885118@teuthos...
> > Hi folks
> >
> > Access uses the OGrid class for the dropped-down list of a combo box.
> Say
> > the user moves the mouse to an entry in the dropped-down list, then
> clicks
> > it to select that entry. The combo box's MouseDown event occurs.
> >
> > I need to determine which entry the user clicked from that list - then
> > CANCEL the click, because the combo's controlsource (not rowsource) is
> > actually bound to a function. I can easily cancel the click -
> > docmd.cancelevent works fine - but I can not figure how to get the
> selected
> > entry using APIs.
> >
> > I know that Access combo boxes are heavily subclassed, & do not
> necessarily
> > respond to many (most? all?) of the normal SendMessage calls.
> >
> > So, my question, to anyone who understands what I am talking about, is
> this:
> > "Is it possible? If so, how?" !
> >
> > TIA,
> > TC
> >
> >
>
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