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Using the CComboBox Control

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An entry level tutorial on using the CComboBox control
// ComboBoxTutorialDlg.h : header file
//

#if !defined(AFX_COMBOBOXTUTORIALDLG_H__35C30C67_8D8C_11D4_BBCF_0000B44EED3A__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_COMBOBOXTUTORIALDLG_H__35C30C67_8D8C_11D4_BBCF_0000B44EED3A__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CComboBoxTutorialDlg dialog

class CComboBoxTutorialDlg : public CDialog
{
// Construction
public:
	CComboBoxTutorialDlg(CWnd* pParent = NULL);	// standard constructor

// Dialog Data
	//{{AFX_DATA(CComboBoxTutorialDlg)
	enum { IDD = IDD_COMBOBOXTUTORIAL_DIALOG };
	CComboBox	m_Simple;
	CComboBox	m_DropList;
	CComboBox	m_DropDown;
	BOOL	m_InsertText;
	BOOL	m_LoadList;
	BOOL	m_AddData;
	CString	m_strDropDown;
	CString	m_strSimple;
	int		m_nDropListIndex;
	//}}AFX_DATA

	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CComboBoxTutorialDlg)
	protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);	// DDX/DDV support
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
protected:
	HICON m_hIcon;

	// Generated message map functions
	//{{AFX_MSG(CComboBoxTutorialDlg)
	virtual BOOL OnInitDialog();
	afx_msg void OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam);
	afx_msg void OnPaint();
	afx_msg HCURSOR OnQueryDragIcon();
	afx_msg void OnInsertText();
	afx_msg void OnLoadList();
	afx_msg void OnDropDownSelchange();
	afx_msg void OnDropListSelchange();
	afx_msg void OnSimpleEditupdate();
	afx_msg void OnSimpleSelchange();
	afx_msg void OnAddItemData();
	afx_msg void OnSelectItem3();
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_COMBOBOXTUTORIALDLG_H__35C30C67_8D8C_11D4_BBCF_0000B44EED3A__INCLUDED_)

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Engineer Retired
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Started working with computers when I/O was with punched paper tape, using Algol. Then learned Fortran, Basic, various Assemblers, Forth and Postscript. Built a robot in the early '80s. When I finally got a PC I learned C, C++ and more recently worked on a variety of .NET and PHP projects. Senior Software Engineer at MedTech Global in Melbourne, Australia.

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