listbox question

[Jean-Paul]

Hi,
I noticed that you actually don't pick a value when you scroll through a
listbox. You have to place the cursor in the field itself and then go to
another object to really pick the value...
I find this rather confusing.
Is there a way to pick a value from a listbox by scrolling?
Thanks
JP

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

Not with the normal listbox properties. You must click on an item in the
listbox in order to select it.

If you wanted to "select" the item by scrolling to the desired row, and then
have the "top" row in the display be picked, you'd need to write programming
that detects when you're scrolling the listbox, and when you've stopped, and
which row is in the "top row" when you stop scrolling. Stephen Lebans
(www.lebans.com) has written many special programs to do the 'impossible',
so check out his site to see if he might have something that will get you
started.

I would expect that the final solution will involve using API functions and
somewhat complex programming.