ListItem switching

try this

Private Sub SwapItems(x As Single, y As Single)
    Dim li As ListItem, aux As ListItem, aux1 As ListItem
   
    Set li = ListView1.ListItems.Item(x)
    Set aux = li
    Set aux1 = ListView1.ListItems.Item(y)
    Set li = ListView1.ListItems.Item(y)
    Set aux1 = li
End Sub

What about changing the INDEX property of the ListItem objects.  So that you swap the Indexes instead of the data....

Tandrei, I couldn't get that to work.. have you tested it?  I switched some stuff around, and the best I could do is swap ListItem texts (just the first field, not the subitems)


Gmleeman, I believe the index property is read only.  Is there a way to change the index?

-Sam

I suspected it was read-only.  Sorry.  MSDN doc was not that specific...Was curious about Tandrei's approach also - although he could be on the right track...

Can you use two objects: ListItem  and SubItem, then swap the whole series of subitems by swapping just the SubItem objects? like Tandrei suggested except duplicated for the SubItem object.

It is a good idea, but even if it does work: how would I switch all the other attributes (i.e: bold, checked, ghosted, etc)

It's hard to believe you just can't set one listitem equal to another, and have them be identicle.

Please help!

-Sam

Try a variation of Tandreis' code where you use the NEW operator to make a NEW instance of a ListItem, perhaps that might work...

Would you be so kind as to show me example code?

Thanks

-Sam

This is Tandreis' example - so he gets the points if it works - haven't tried it. just an idea...adding "New" to the declarations may allow for dynamic allocation when you use the "=" equals sign...



Private Sub SwapItems(x As Single, y As Single)
   Dim li As New ListItem
   Dim aux As New ListItem
   Dim aux1 As New ListItem
   
   Set li = ListView1.ListItems.Item(x)
   Set aux = li
   Set aux1 = ListView1.ListItems.Item(y)
   Set li = ListView1.ListItems.Item(y)
   Set aux1 = li
End Sub

OR

try changing the lines to:
   Set li = NEW ListView1.ListItems.Item(x)

I haven't tried the code you have used (it is very similar to what I've tried before).

When you set ListItems equal to each other, it merely sets the .text properties of each of them equal, nothing else.


ListView1.ListItems.Item(x)= ListView1.ListItems.Item(y)

is identicle to:

ListView1.ListItems.Item(x).Text = ListView1.ListItems.Item(y).Text


I guess there is no way around this.. seems like MS should include a way to swap ListItems, other than a large chunk of code to copy each property.

Thanks

-Sam

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