using listboxes... some basic questions

[PlasmaZero]

Hi there, I'm new to VC++ and I want to know how to use listboxes. I'm using MVC++ 6.0 and the classwizard gives me two choices for member variables: a string and a control. Could someone please tell me how I use the control to add lines of text to the listbox?
Thanks,
PlasmaZero

 

[qednick]

Yep, list boxes are real easy to use:

1. Add a list box control to your dialog.
2. Use class wizard to add a 'member variable' for the list box control.
3. Choose 'Control' from the menu for this item (not String).
4. Give the member a name such as "m_MyListBox".
5. In your dialog's code, you can add items as follows:

// Let's add an item to our list box
m_MyListBox.AddString("Hello World"

6. You can always remove the item from the list if you know it's zero-based index:

// Assuming our "Hello World" list item is index number [0]
m_MyListBox.DeleteString(0);

There are lots of other interesting things you can do when working with list boxes. To see a full list of the member variables, under VC++ menus, choose 'Help->Search' and do a 'titles-only' search for "CListBox Class Members". This will give you the full list of methods associated with this class and show you the kind of things you can do with it.