regarding simple usage of combo box

[pinnachio]

i have made a combo box in one of my dialog boxes using drag & drop controls
now I wish to add a default drop down menu in it.........how can i do so??please tel a descriptive one went through many books and forums but could not find one suitable..............

[GCDEF]

You can add data in the resource editor. How you do it depends which version of C++ you're running.

[VictorN]

What is "a default drop down menu" in a combobox?
Or you meant filling in the combobox with the items?
If latter then:

1. add control member variable for this combobox, say c_MyCombo
2. use CComboBox::AddString method to add items
3. you can place such a code in your dialog OnInitDialog method like:

   CSomeDialog::OnInitDialog()
   	CDialog::OnInitDialog();
   	
   	c_MyCombo.AdddString(_T("Item 1"));
   	c_MyCombo.AdddString(_T("Item 2"));
   	c_MyCombo.AdddString(_T("Item 3"));
   	...
   }

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[pinnachio]

then how can i use the value selected by the user??

[GCDEF]

then how can i use the value selected by the user??

Have you tried reading the documentation in MSDN?

[VictorN]

CComboBox::GetCurSel
CComboBox::GetLBText

CString strText;
int ind = c_Combo.GetCurSel();
if(ind != CB_ERR)
	c_Combo.GetLBText(ind, strText);

[pinnachio]

thnx a lot.......