Avoiding automatic click event 1

[dabineri]

I have a combo box in vb6 and its click event is triggered each time data is changed or the listindex is modified elsewhere in the program. The combo box has no mouse-down or mouse-up events so what is a good way to have the click event only fire when it is actually clicked? I have been setting flags to avoid this bu there surely has to be better way.

Thanks for any help.

David Abineri

 

[chiuchimu]

I know what you mean. The otherway is to call the api and handle the messeges yourself. From that perspective, one extra if...then wrapper is not that bad.

 

[MrEGuest]

David-

You can use the DropDown event of Combo Box. This is triggered when the combos menu drops down, which occurs when the user clicks on the combo box.

Hope this helps!
Josh

 

[chiuchimu]

MrEGuest is correct on dropdown event. I thought you wanted a click triggered by selecting from the dropdown list. If you haven't used the dropdown event before, you should know that its triggered when the down arrow next to the combobox is clicked. NOT WHEN YOU SELECT AN ITEM.