How do I put a tab space in a comboBox

Hi,

I have a problem like adding tab space in a ComboBox
I mean,

I have to give the values of a combo box like...

New Opportunity Description of the New Opportunity

I tried with
New Opportunity\tDescription of the New Opportunity

But its dispalying a Junk instead of a tab space.
New Opportunity|Description of the New Opportunity

Could any one please help me...

Urgent requirement.

Thanks in advance.
Suyambulingam

IMO the only way is to draw the items on your own. See here http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/controls/combobox/, there are Multi-Col-Combo-boxes as well.

A ComboBox is a combination of two controls; one of which is a list box. I think you can do what you need to do by setting the list box to use tabs, but I don't know the details.

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Originally posted by Sam Hobbs
A ComboBox is a combination of two controls; one of which is a list box. I think you can do what you need to do by setting the list box to use tabs, but I don't know the details.

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The details are unfavorable. To use tabstops listbox must be created with LBS_USETABSTOPS. If it was not it successfully accepts style modification but it affects nothing - list appears to stay unaware of tabs.

In the case of combo it creates the plain listbox. I didn't found out how to cheat it.