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Column_Combo_Add_Item - DfBaseEntryList

Adds an item to the end of the combo form's dropdown list for a column

Type: Procedure

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
iColumn integer The column number (0-based)
sValue string The value to be added to the combolist

Syntax

Procedure Column_Combo_Add_Item integer iColumn string sValue

Call Example

Send Column_Combo_Add_Item iColumn sValue

Description

This is the message that must be used to fill the list of items that appear in the combo form's dropdown list.

Sample

This sample sets column 2 to be a combo column, then adds "Type 1" and "Type 2" to the combo's dropdown list.

set Column_Combo_State 2 to True
Send Column_Combo_Add_Item 2 "Type 1" 
Send Column_Combo_Add_Item 2 "Type 2"

Sample

This sample fills a grid with 20 rows of 3 columns each. It then instructs the grid to make column 2 a combo form, to sort the combo form's dropdown list, and adds 3 items to the dropdown list.

Procedure DoFillGrid
    integer iRow iMaxRows iCount
    string sCustomerName

    move "John Q. Customer" to sCustomerName

    move 20 To iMaxRows
    For iRow From 1 To iMaxRows
        Send Add_Item Msg_None (sCustomerName + string (iRow)))
        Send Add_Item Msg_None ("305-555-1212")
        Send Add_Item Msg_None (if(mod(iCount,2)=0,"Type 1","Type 2"))
        increment iCount
    Loop
End_Procedure // DoFillGrid

send DoFillGrid

// make column 2 a combo
set Column_Combo_State 2 to True
// sort the dropdown list for the combo in column 2
set Column_Combo_Sort_State 2 to True
// add items to the dropdown list for the combo in column 2
Send Column_Combo_Add_Item 2 "Type 3"
Send Column_Combo_Add_Item 2 "Type 2"
Send Column_Combo_Add_Item 2 "Type 1"