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TComboBox and lack of item index on Object Inspector
Hi all...
Ok, here's the question...I know radio buttons automatically have a feature (Item Index) that can be set to 0 (instead of -1) to automatically have the first item pre-selected when the program runs. I noticed that the TComboBox has no Item Index displayed on the Object Inspector to do the same. (Borland 5.0)
My program is already written, I just need some help on either a code setting the item index to the first item for the drop down Combo Box, or a code checking to make sure that the user selected one of the TStrings before computing, or ANY advice that anyone has. Any ideas?
Thanks for your help!
Christina
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Set the ComboBox style to csDropDownList. This makes the component behave as a simple drop down list, rather than a combination of an edit box & drop down list. Set the list items you want using the 'Items' property.
There is no design time property to pre-select the list item. However, you can do it at run-time when your form is created with:
ComboBox1->ItemIndex = 1;
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Works beautifully...had to set ItemIndex=0 to get the first item to show, not the second. Thanks for the help!! It was along the lines of what I was thinking, just wanted a second opinion.
Christina
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