Thread: CListBox::InsertItem() not working right

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    CListBox::InsertItem() not working right

    according to the MSDN i can use that function to insert a list box item into a specific spot, For me it returns an error if I make it anything other than -1 or a greater than the lowest item already there.

    Ive tried useing the ResetContent(), InitStorage(), and SetTopIndex().

    None of it helped cause the items are not being entered in the first place, it returns the LB_ERR code, but i could find nothing to say what could cause the LB_ERR code to be returned.

    I want to have a bunch of items in the list (several hundred) but there will be some skipped numbers, one set of items start with 500 index. I cant be changeing them all the time cause of backward compatability reasons.

    I could just string all the indices togather, but that would make me go back and redo alot of old stuff, and new things could just be added to the end of the list.

    I have a few other ideas, all are more complicated than just figureing out why the items arent going in to begin with. Specs show that with an average length of 30 bytes i can store 2176 different strings, so thats not the problem.

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    No one have any ideas?

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    This not a good question or what? Or dose no one know whats wrong?

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    Without refering to the code example I can only guess at what is happening. But here goes..

    I believe the list must be continuous i.e. all elements from 0-n will be there as you add each one. This will allow you to insert into position 0 to n. To have you list jump from 0-10,500-510 you will need to create your own list or will need to fill all the intermediate values 11-499 with empty strings. This will allow you to insert at position 320. If you do this, remember to remove one from the list or what you presume to be at 500 will have moved to 501.

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    I was hopeing to find a way so the list items wouldnt have to have consectuave indices.

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