SAMPLE: Sample Code Demonstrates an Owner-Draw Combo Box

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

When Windows creates an owner-draw combo box, it sends WM_DRAWITEM messages to the parent window of the combo box. To respond to this message, the parent window must perform the steps necessary to draw the items in the owner-draw combo box.

OWNCOMBO is a sample in the Microsoft Software Library that contains an example of a fixed-height owner-draw combo box that contains strings. The combo box also demonstrates painting bitmaps, changing the text color, and storing data associated with each item using the CB_SETITEMDATA message. All of the relevant code is contained within the ODDLG.C module.

Download OWNCOMBO.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download OWNCOMBO.EXE (size: 27949 bytes) 
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
        Get OWNCOMBO.EXE (size: 27949 bytes)