Need some help with the search for list view controls

**pinkcheese** · 07-03-2002

Hey, im having some troubles with the search for list view controls. No matter what i use for text the search always comes back with some really wack number, like 42345151 or something. The code is below

Code:

	static LVFINDINFO searchInfo;
	static int searchResult = 0;
	switch(Message)
	{
		case WM_INITDIALOG:
			searchInfo.flags = LVFI_STRING;
			searchInfo.psz = "something";
			InitListViewColumns(GetDlgItem(hwnd, IDC_MUSICLIST)); // This adds some stuff to the list view control
			searchResult = SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hwnd, IDC_MUSICLIST), LVM_FINDITEM, -1, (LPARAM)&searchInfo);
			SetDlgItemInt(hwnd, IDC_TOTAL_SONGS, searchResult, false);
		break;

**pinkcheese** · 07-03-2002

ok, it works if i search for something in the first column. if i search for something another column or something thats not there it returns 4294967295.

**novacain** · 07-04-2002

Try casting the return (LRESULT) as an int

iReturn = (int)SendMessage(

and see if it is actually returning -1 (meaning that it has failed to match)

**pinkcheese** · 07-04-2002

nope, it still says 4294967295. I think it is just becuase it is failing though. Does LVM_FINDITEM not work for text in columns other than the first one? If it doesn't than is there a way to have it search these columns?

**novacain** · 07-04-2002

If it matches it should return the zero based index, if failed it should return -1. (Try cast as a UINT as I am pretty sure the 4294967295 [== UINT_MAX or 0xffffffff] is -1)

How do you ask it to search subitems? AFAIK you can only ask it to search items (1st column).

**pinkcheese** · 07-04-2002

lol, i found the problem. i was sending the return value to a static text. when you send -1, it displays 4294967295.

I wrote my own search that looks in subitems too. I just need to know what the list-view control equivalant of LB_SETCURSEL is. I can't find this on msdn, i tried LVM_SETHOTITEM but that turns the text blue, not highlights it.

**pinkcheese** · 07-04-2002

one more thing, what is the list view equivalant of LB_SETCURSEL?

**novacain** · 07-07-2002

You get a LVN_ITEMCHANGED msg when changed

Code:

LView = (NM_LISTVIEW FAR *) lParam;
if(LVN_ITEMCHANGED==LView->hdr.code)
   if((LView->uNewState==3))//lost the #define for this state
       iSelected=LView->iItem;

or Listview_GetHotItem() macro

or SendMessage() with LVM_GETHOTITEM

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