by Download Land Software (1 Submission)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
Search for string in listbox
Assumes
This project needs a ListBox, named List1 and a TextBox, named Text1
Code Returns
the Listindex of the string that is found.
API DeclarationsPrivate Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Any) As Long
Const LB_FINDSTRING = &H18F
VBcodersPrivate Sub Form_Load()
'KPD-Team 1998
'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
'E-Mail: [email protected]
'Add some items to the listbox
With List1
.AddItem "Computer"
.AddItem "Screen"
.AddItem "Modem"
.AddItem "Printer"
.AddItem "Scanner"
.AddItem "Sound Blaster"
.AddItem "Keyboard"
.AddItem "CD-Rom"
.AddItem "Mouse"
End With
End Sub
Private Sub Text1_Change()
'Retrieve the item's listindex
List1.ListIndex = SendMessage(List1.hwnd, LB_FINDSTRING, -1, ByVal CStr(Text1.Text))
End Sub