CheckBoxComboisageneral-purposeMulti-selectComboBoxUserControldesignedforVisualBasic.ItdiffersfromtheconventionalComboBoxbehaviorbyallowingusertoselectoneormoreitemsfromitsdrop-downlist.CheckBoxCombogreatelyintegratestheexistingpowerofstandardVBcontrols(ComboBoxandListBox)toprovideitspowerfulfeaturesandcanbeeasilyintegratedintoanysortofWindowsGUIprojectinVB.Sure,it'samusttohavecompanioninyourstandardVBToolbox.WhyisCheckBoxCombo?TheconventionalComboBoxcontrolinVBallowsyoutoselectonlyoneitematatimefromitsdrop-downlist.Itcannotbeusedinsituationswhereyouneedtoselectmorethanoneitematatime.Forthisparticularpurposeyoushoulduseamulti-choiceenabledListBox,whichisallright,ifyouhaveenoughspaceonyourinterface/form.ButwhatifyouhaveaverylimitedspacetoplacetheListBoxwithdozensofitems;maybeclosertothebottomofyourinterface?CheckBoxComboisagreatreplacementinsuchsituationswhereyouneedtosavethespaceonyourUI(UserInterface),withitsgreatdynamicfeatures.CheckBoxComboisalsoelegantinprovidingmultipleinputstoSQLqueriesindatabaseprogramming.Further,CheckBoxComboallowsyoutosetanyofitspropertiesevenatrun-time,whichisnotevenallowedbythetraditionalComboBoxcontrol.Onesuchpropertyis[sorted],whichyoucandynamicallysetthesortingatrun-time.Thisgivesyouagreatflexibilityinusingtheusercontrolsimplybyoverridingthedesign-timesettingsasyouwish.CheckBoxComboalsoexposessomemethodstosupportlesscodingwhenworkingwithit.Its[OnListSearch]propertyhelpsusertosearchandselectanyiteminthelisteasily.TheusercontrolgreatlysupportsformodernvisualstylessinceitintegratestheexistingVBcontrolswhichsupportvisualstyles.WithCheckBoxCombo'sprofessionalfeaturesandfamiliarityinuseduetonearlyfamiliarsyntaxitprovides,youwillmorefeelitlikeamusttohavecontrolinyourstandardVBToolbox.OutstandingfeaturesofCheckBoxCombo:*Professional,effectiveandready-to-usedesignforanysortofWindowsGUIprojectinVB*Nodependentmodules,extremelyeasytointegrateasasinglemodule*Extremelyeasytouse*Abilitytosetupallsupportedpropertiesevenatrun-time*Verysmoothandfasteroperation,evenwiththousandsofitems*Dynamicsortingonascendingordescending,supportingthousandsofitems*Supportsfordifferentlongest-text-displaymodes*Search-and-selectfeatureforitems*Exposesmethodstosupportlesscoding*Highlyflexibleandconfigurable*Powerfulandreliableonallsupportedoperations*Userfriendlyandfamiliarsyntax*SupportsforallflavorsofWindowsfromWindowsXPwithvisualstyles*ActiveXsupport(VB/VBA)Note:PleasegothroughtheUserDocumentationprovidedwiththedownloadandstudytheDemoApplication,sothatyoumaygetaclearideaaboutCheckBoxCombo.Comments,suggestionsaregreatlywelcome...