Well I posted about my problem while back and got no help so I started researching and I'm getting where I need to get.

The problem I'm having and maybe cause it's getting late but I have the ComboBox with an 'x' on the button and now I have it where it doesn't drop down the listbox when the button is pressed. But it drops it down when you click the CEdit ctrl of the ComboBox. I do have a handle to the Edit ctrl of the combo. And I have it setup where you can type by overriding the WM_LBUTTONDOWN and not calling the base class but when the mouse is over the CEdit control it still loads the I-Cursor until I leave the CEdit.

I tried overriding the WM_MOUSEMOVE and calling SetCursor and it works but it flashes too much and is irritating. So I'm sure there is an easy answer to this does anyone know it is the question?