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This message is sent by an application to search the list of a combo box for an item that begins with the characters in a specified string. If a matching item is found, it is selected and copied to the edit control.
CB_SELECTSTRING wParam= (WPARAM) indexStart; lParam= (LPARAM)(LPCSTR) lpszSelect;
Parameters
- indexStart
- Specifies the zero-based index of the item preceding the first item to be searched. When the search reaches the bottom of the list, it continues from the top of the list back to the item specified by the indexStartparameter. If indexStartis –1, the entire list is searched from the beginning.
- lpszSelect
- Long pointer to the null-terminated string that contains the
prefix to search for. The search is not case sensitive, so this
string can contain any combination of uppercase and lowercase
letters.
Return Values
The index of the selected item indicates that the string has been found. CB_ERR indicates an unsuccessful search; the current selection is not changed.
Remarks
Windows CE does not support owner draw.
A string is selected only if the characters from the starting point match the characters in the prefix string.
If you create the combo box with an owner-drawn style but without the CBS_HASSTRINGS style, CB_SELECTSTRING attempts to match the DWORDvalue against the value of the lpszSelectparameter.
Requirements
Runs On Versions Defined in Include Link to Windows CE OS 1.0 and later Winuser.h Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.
See Also
CB_FINDSTRING, CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT, CB_SETCURSEL