How to collect user input in combo box ...

[budgie]

Yep, me again with more problems :( but at least this should be easy for you
gurus.

I have a combo box with numbers (say) 1-99 available in a drop-down for the
users to choose from. However I am having a problem finding a means to
handle/collect user input when the user types a number into the box rather than
drop'n'scroll. This is a data entry aka selection that I want to support.

Short of watching every keypress event and waiting for a <CR>, how can I get the
user's (usually two-digit) entry?

Thanks for any constructive suggestions.

[Jonathan Rothwell]

Dear Budgie,

Post by budgie
I have a combo box with numbers (say) 1-99 available in a drop-down for the
users to choose from. However I am having a problem finding a means to
handle/collect user input when the user types a number into the box rather than
drop'n'scroll. This is a data entry aka selection that I want to support.

Try using the event YourComboBoxName_CHANGE. This works in text boxes, but
I've not yet tried it with a combo box.
Hope this helps.

[budgie]

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:57:38 GMT, "Jonathan Rothwell"

Post by Jonathan Rothwell
Dear Budgie,

Post by budgie
I have a combo box with numbers (say) 1-99 available in a drop-down for the
users to choose from. However I am having a problem finding a means to
handle/collect user input when the user types a number into the box rather than
drop'n'scroll. This is a data entry aka selection that I want to support.

Try using the event YourComboBoxName_CHANGE. This works in text boxes, but
I've not yet tried it with a combo box.
Hope this helps.

That was one thing I tried, but it responds to *each* keystroke so I would have
to "build" the result. Also it doesn't avoid the <return> generating a beep and
nothing else. I couldn't see a way to achieve an end-of-user-input when the
<return> key is pressed.

I wound up (after much trial-and-error ) using _KeyUp event to SETFOCUS to the
next tabbed control when the character code was 13 (return). Not elegant, but
it worked.