Thread: Getting index of chosen item in the combo box

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    Getting index of chosen item in the combo box

    How do you get the index of the chosen item in the combo box...

    Code:
    if( HIWORD(wParam)==CBN_SELCHANGE)
    {
     int index =  SendMessage( hwnd, CB_GETCURSEL, (WPARAM) wParam, (LPARAM) lParam ); 
    MessageBox(hwnd,	(LPCTSTR) index , (LPCTSTR)  "The Index is",MB_ICONINFORMATION);
    }
    How would you determine the index number of the combo box? i could get the text but not the index.

    And a general question... when you do combo box (set of conditions) how do you do the conditionals (if...else, switch) do you make the condition thru its name or thru its index?

    Thanks!

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    Doesn't CB_GETCURSEL work for you?

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    no it doesn't.

    will it should have a return value of the selected index? it only returns nothing in my case...

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    Quote Originally Posted by msdn CB_GETCURSEL
    The return value is the zero-based index of the currently selected item.
    In any event
    Code:
    MessageBox(hwnd, (LPCTSTR) index,(LPCTSTR)  "The Index is",MB_ICONINFORMATION);
    is rubbish: 'index' is a numeric variable, MessageBox requires strings.

    Either use something like
    Code:
    TCHAR buffer[16];
    wsprintf(buffer,_T("%d"),index);
    or use a stringstream to convert that number to a string.

    Try not to cast so much and your compiler should give you important information about what's going wrong; you certainly shouldn't need to cast a string to a string as you have done for the third parameter of your MessageBox call.
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    @Ken Fitlike

    Thank you for suggesting that i should convert the number into string.

    Anyway i have solve the problem by using SendDlgItemMessage(...) instead. It seems it needs to know the resource id of the combo box.

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