Thread: Detecting a change in ComboBox.

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    Detecting a change in ComboBox.

    How can I detect a change in the ComboBox?

    For example: so when the first option of the combobox (index=0) is selected, I could disable some other control.

    I would like to do that in simple API, without any MFC.


    Thank you.
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    The combobox will send you a notification message:
    Code:
    	case WM_COMMAND:
    		{
    			switch(HIWORD(wParam))
    			{
    			case CBN_CLOSEUP:
    				switch(LOWORD(wParam))
    				{
    				case IDC_SAMPFREQ2:
    					ChangeAvailableBitrates(hBitrates, false);
    				}
    			}
    This is from a program I am currently working on. It will launch the function ChangeAvailableBitrates() when the combo box IDC_SAMPFREQ2 has been closed (i.e. the user made a new selection).
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    so when a user closed the combobox, he probably made a new selection, so then I will read the combobox, and know what to do...

    But I could just do:
    Code:
    if ((LOWORD(wParam)==ID_MY_COMBO)&&(HIWORD(wParam)==CBN_CLOSEUP))
       /*  do something  */
    Thanks man.
    Last edited by Devil Panther; 01-17-2004 at 08:04 AM.
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    yeah just send the something like the CB_GETCURSEL message, which will return the zero-based index of the item currently selected, then do your thang.
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    Thanks a million
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    No probs.
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    Just one more thing...

    How did you know it's a HIWORD(wParam)...
    Because I just looked up the CBN_CLOSEUP in the msdn, and it didn't say anything about hiword.
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    Code:
    CBN_CLOSEUP  
    idComboBox = (int) LOWORD(wParam);  // identifier of combo box 
    hwndComboBox = (HWND) lParam;       // handle of combo box
    but
    Code:
    WM_COMMAND  
    wNotifyCode = HIWORD(wParam); // notification code 
    wID = LOWORD(wParam);         // item, control, or accelerator identifier 
    hwndCtl = (HWND) lParam;      // handle of control
    CBN_CLOSEUP is a notification message so it is in the high word of the wParam of WM_COMMAND.
    Thor's self help tip:
    Maybe a neighbor is tossing leaf clippings on your lawn, looking at your woman, or harboring desires regarding your longboat. You enslave his children, set his house on fire. He shall not bother you again.

    OS: Windows XP
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    always the same structure... LOWORD is CONTROL ID
    and HIWORD is notification.

    Thanks for making it clear to me.
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    Here is the entire reference for Combo Boxes (if you aren't already using it).

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