FileListBox-I want to set the multiselect property but..

[Terry]

Hello,


I want to set the file multiselect flag on my filelistbox or listbox at runtime - VB5.0 tells me this is a readonly property and that I can only change this property at design time. What is the work around to this? I really need the ability to set this property to 1 2 or 3 at runtime.


Thanks, Terry

[Chris Eastwood]

This is a read only property at run time, because when your VB application starts, the API calls that create the listbox control have to specify the Multi-Select flag as part of the call. This style cannot be changed at run time.


There are a few work arounds that spring to mind :


1. Have 3 listboxes on the screen, all containing the same information. Each on will have a different 'select' property. When the user specifies 'multi' or 'single' select, display the relevant listbox over the existing one.


2. Code some horrible workaround to make a 'multi-select' listbox act like a single select listbox (capturing mouse-up/click events) - a bit messy!


Regards


Chris Eastwood


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