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Use a horizontal scrollbar with a listbox



Use a horizontal scrollbar with a listbox

Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long,
ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Long) As Long

Const WM_USER = &H400
Const LB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT = WM_USER + 21

Sub CheckListBox
    dim i%, res&
    dim Scrollwidth&
    
    For i% = 0 To Form1.List1.ListCount
       If Form1.TextWidth(Form1.List1.List(i%)) > Scrollwidth& Then _
        Scrollwidth& = Form1.TextWidth(Form1.List1.List(i%))
    Next i%

    res& = SendMessage(Form1.List1.hWnd, LB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT, _
        Scrollwidth&, 0&)
End Sub

Call this procedure everytime the content of the listbox has changed.

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