Problem with a list control

[michael_green]

I'm using a list control having a "list" style and it's populated with 6 items. I want to be able to have the first item in the list highlighted (preselected) when the user first sees the dialog. The following is the way I've been attempting to do this:

call PopulateList(GetDlgItem(hDlg,IDC_relop1),relops,6)

item%mask = LVIF_text
item%iItem = 0
item%state = LVIS_SELECTED
item%statemask = LVIS_SELECTED

iret = SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hDlg,IDC_relop1), & LVM_SETITEMSTATE,0,loc(item))

It doesn't do anything. What am I doing wrong?

With many thanks

Mike

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

You mixed up ListView (the control in Explorer's list pane) and List control (standard list). LVM_SETITEMSTATE is used for the former (and even there, you need LVIF_STATE in the mask), and you appear to have used the latter.

Instead, you need LB_SETCURSEL (for single-selection list) or LB_SETSEL (for multiple-selection list).

Jugoslav