Quickwin combo boxes

[Intel_C_Intel]

I've got a project converted from CVF (which is totally debugged and in distribution) which I'm trying to get going in IF 8. There are some issues regarding libraries and calling convention options which I've submitted to support.

Now I find that combo-list boxes in dialogs do not blank out the edit box--it is filled with a long string of blanks and garbage, which dso not affect the selection process or operation--it's just ugly. I've tried setting things in various ways, but to no avail. Has anyone else encountered this? Any suggestions?

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

Well, I'll suggest a replacement...

Download and install my Xeffort library. Then, if you want zero changes in your source code, do the following:

- add "Xeffort.lib" to your linker options
- create a replacement DFLOGM (IFLOGM?) module and insert it into your project:

MODULE DFLOGM
USE XFLOGM
END MODULE DFLOGM

(the replacement module is called XFLOGM). (If you want to revert to the default version later, don't forget to delete DFLOFM.mod from your Debug folder).

It's supposed to do the same thing as DFLOGM/IFLOGM and more (and better) and be 100% source-compatible (except for few minor incompatibilities listed in Tools/Xeffort Help -> XFLOGM2.0/Known Incompatibilities).

Please let me know about possible problems and/or incompatibilities.

Jugoslav

[Paul_Curtis]

I have converted much Win32-F90 code from CVF to IVF and did not encounter any problems with list/combo boxes. However, this will explicitly clear out listbox content:

SendControlMessage (hwnd, controlId, LB_RESETCONTENT, 0, 0)

where hwnd is the (parent, dialog) window handle and controlId is the specific listbox control element being addressed.

This code would be inserted in the dialog's proc function as needed (for example, as part ofyour response toWM_INITDIALOG), which you may not have access to if you're using "quickwin".