Registered: Aug 2007
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I'm interested in using a listbox in nsDialogs. It's unclear to me from the documentation I have seen though how one can populate the listbox and once this is done how one captures the selection made in the listbox.

If I use the code:

${NSD_CreateListBox} 100 40 20% 12u "sample entry"

it will create a blank listbox.

Would anyone be able to clarify this for me?

Thanks, John

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

You can add items with LB_ADDSTRING.

code:
${NSD_CreateListBox} 100 40 20% 12u ""
Pop $ListBox
SendMessage $ListBox ${LB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:Simple entry"
SendMessage $ListBox ${LB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:Another entry"
SendMessage $ListBox ${LB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:Blah"

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Registered: Aug 2007
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How do you get the selection from the list box? And can you have a change function?

GetFunctionAddress $0 OnMyListBoxChange
nsDialogs::OnChange /NOUNLOAD $MY_LIST_BOX $0

Doesn't seem to work...

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Registered: Nov 2002
From: Shropshire, England

Look up MSDN for LB_ADDSTRING and you will see all the other list box messages available.

Stu

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

Send LB_GETCURSEL to get the selected state of an item.

code:
SendMessage $MY_LIST_BOX ${LB_GETCURSEL} 0 0 $0
# $0 will not be zero if the item is selected

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Registered: Aug 2007
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LB_GETCURSEL returns the index or "LB_ERR" if no line is selected. Any idea what LB_ERR is? -1? You don't appear to have it defined in nsDialogs.nsh. The index is supposedly 0-based, so 0 is valid (first line).

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

It's -1.

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Registered: Aug 2007
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You beat me to the post . LB_ERR = -1... because that's what I get back every time I send the LB_GETCURSEL message. Any idea why that would be?------

Nevermind, it was a bug in my code, I get the correct value from the message I wasn't copying it into the right variable.

Manually creating the list box with LBS_NOTIFY worked great though as far as getting OnChange notifications.

Thanks!

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Registered: Aug 2007
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Any reason why LB_GETTEXT wouldn't work? I'm trying to get the text that the user selected, and I think this should work:

SendMessage $MY_LIST_BOX ${LB_GETCURSEL} 0 0 $0
${IF} $0 >= 0
IntOp $1 $0 + 0;
SendMessage $MY_LIST_BOX ${LB_GETTEXT} $1 $0 $2
MessageBox MB_OK '0: $0, 1: $1, 2: $2'
${ENDIF}

I always get back: $0 is the correct index (from the first SendMessage, the second one fails and doesn't write to it), $1 is the same (since I copied $0 into it), and $2 is LB_ERR, which according to the MSDN means that I passed an invalid index... but it is valid.

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

Yes, you need System::Call for that. SendMessage alone can't handle strings returning from the message.

code:
System::Call user32::SendMessage(i$MY_LIST_BOX,i${LB_GETTEXT},i$INDEX,t.$0)

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Registered: Aug 2007
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Hmm, that still didn't work. I've actually changed my mind and decided that the index is fine for my purposes, but thanks for your help.

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Registered: Aug 2007
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kichik thanks for your help, that worked well and it's pointed me in the right direction on a number of things. I'm now trying to create a combobox with a dropdown style.

${NSD_CreateComboBox} 200 20 20% 59u ""
Pop $ComboBox
SendMessage $ComboBox ${CB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:First Entry"
SendMessage $ComboBox ${CB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:Second Entry"
SendMessage $ComboBox ${CB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:Third Entry"

I know that I need to use CBS_DROPDOWN to set the style and I expect that I add this as an extra parameter to

${NSD_CreateComboBox} 200 20 20% 59u ""

but I'm not sure of the syntax.

I believe one may also be able to do this by using CreateWindow. Does anyone know how this is done?

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Registered: Feb 2008
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Hello,

I saw that thread about ListBox and I tried it by myself, but this codesnippet below doesn't work for me:

PHP:

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${NSD_CreateListBox} 0 60 100% 100% ""
Pop $ListBox
SendMessage $ListBox ${LB_ADDSTRING} 0 "HELLOOO"


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I defined a Var ListBox and the Compiler compiled it without any errors.

Thanks so far!

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

Use "STR:HELLOOO" instead of just "HELLOOO".

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Registered: Feb 2008
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Thanks kichik - thats right!

And how can I clear the list?

Edit: Saw it in some CPP Code

PHP:

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SendMessage $ListBox ${LB_RESETCONTENT} 0 0


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Last edited by klopfdreh on 02-13-2008 at 10:44 AM

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Registered: Nov 2003
From: Vancouver, BC

Ah, this was something I was looking for.

I am using an nsDialogs DropList, so my code is slightly different. Here it is for reference. It's combo box commands.

Clear droplist:
SendMessage $DropList ${CB_RESETCONTENT} 0 0

Add entry ($1) to droplist:
SendMessage $DropList ${CB_ADDSTRING} 0 "STR:$1"

Select entry ($1) in the droplist:
SendMessage $DropList ${CB_SELECTSTRING} 0 "STR:$1"

Ivan

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