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Filling Combo Boxs with Arrays
I need to be able to fill three combo boxes with data from a text file. The data in the combo boxes needs to change depending on the item selected in the previous list.
The data comes in the following format
A TextA
B TextB
C TextC
(up to Z TextZ)
A0 TextA0
A1 TextA1
A2 TextA2
(up to A9 TextA9)
AA TextAA
AB TextAB
AC TextAC
(up to AZ TextAZ)
A Text
B Text
C Text
(up to Z TextZ)
B0 TextB0
B1 TextB1
B2 TextB2
(up to B9 TextB9)
BA TextBA
BB TextBB
BC TextBC
(up to BZ TextBZ)
and so on until the end of the alphabet
The first 26 items need to be put into the first combo box. When the user selects an item from the first combo then the second combo needs to be filled with the data that corresponds to the first letter of the item selected in the first combo i.e if "A TextA" is selected then the second combo needs to be filled with all the items from the list start with the letter "A", if "B TextB" is selected the fill the second combo with all the items starting with the letter "B" and so on
The third combo box needs to be filled with the data that follows the items in the second box e.g if the user selects the first item in the first combo box ("A TextA") then the third combo box needs to be filled with the 26 A-Z items that follow "AZ TextAZ"
Can anybody help me do this please.
The data comes in the following format
A TextA
B TextB
C TextC
(up to Z TextZ)
A0 TextA0
A1 TextA1
A2 TextA2
(up to A9 TextA9)
AA TextAA
AB TextAB
AC TextAC
(up to AZ TextAZ)
A Text
B Text
C Text
(up to Z TextZ)
B0 TextB0
B1 TextB1
B2 TextB2
(up to B9 TextB9)
BA TextBA
BB TextBB
BC TextBC
(up to BZ TextBZ)
and so on until the end of the alphabet
The first 26 items need to be put into the first combo box. When the user selects an item from the first combo then the second combo needs to be filled with the data that corresponds to the first letter of the item selected in the first combo i.e if "A TextA" is selected then the second combo needs to be filled with all the items from the list start with the letter "A", if "B TextB" is selected the fill the second combo with all the items starting with the letter "B" and so on
The third combo box needs to be filled with the data that follows the items in the second box e.g if the user selects the first item in the first combo box ("A TextA") then the third combo box needs to be filled with the 26 A-Z items that follow "AZ TextAZ"
Can anybody help me do this please.
try this one aswell,
this has a good explaination and full downloadable code for you to build from
hope this helps
cheers
andy
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.22727/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm
this has a good explaination and full downloadable code for you to build from
hope this helps
cheers
andy
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.22727/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm
HI!
Here's a file over the net for you:
Download...
http://www.vb-helper.com/Howto/filelist.zip
Description: Load a ListBox using the lines in a file (3K)
Simply change the listbox to a combobox.
To fill the other combobox with the items, you may want to use the InStr() function to loop and check for an occurance of a string from the entire combobox1.
That's it!
glass cookie : )
Here's a file over the net for you:
Download...
http://www.vb-helper.com/Howto/filelist.zip
Description: Load a ListBox using the lines in a file (3K)
Simply change the listbox to a combobox.
To fill the other combobox with the items, you may want to use the InStr() function to loop and check for an occurance of a string from the entire combobox1.
That's it!
glass cookie : )
ASKER
The problem is not loading the files. I can easily load the first 26 lines into the first listbox
I was more looking to storing the lists in arrays. I'm sorry but I think my question was not specific enough.
The first 26 items in the list start sequentially with the letters of the alpahbet e.g
A ListItem1
B ListItem2
C ListItem3 ........
The next 36 items in the list start with the character A, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 start with the character B, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 with the character C, followed by 26 items from A-Z and so on.
The first 26 items will fill list 1
So if the user selects the first item in list 1 which is
A ListItem1
then list 2 needs to be filled with
A0
A1
A2.....
AZ
(thats lines 27 to 63)
list 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C....
(thats lines 64 to 90
If the user selects the second entry in listbox 1 then list box 2 needs to be filled with
B0
B1
B2...
BZ
(thats lines 91-127
List box 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C...
(thats lines 128-154
so what we end up with is that list2 and 3 are subsets of whatever is selected in list1 and the final result to the user is a 3 character code made up of the first character of each selected list item
I can do this so far with the following code
Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Static y As Integer
Dim sTmpArray() As String
Dim sList2A(35) as String
Dim sList2B(35) as String
Dim sList3A(25) as String
Dim sList3B(25) as String
(Code here which loads the entire list into sTmpArray)
For i = 0 To 25
cboList1.AddItem sTmpArray(i)
Next i
(Code here which removes the contents of list1 from the array)
For x = 0 To 35
sList2A(x) = sTmpArray(x)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 To 25
sList2B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
y = y + x
For x = 0 to 35
sList3A(x) = sTmpArray(y)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 to 25
I was more looking to storing the lists in arrays. I'm sorry but I think my question was not specific enough.
The first 26 items in the list start sequentially with the letters of the alpahbet e.g
A ListItem1
B ListItem2
C ListItem3 ........
The next 36 items in the list start with the character A, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 start with the character B, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 with the character C, followed by 26 items from A-Z and so on.
The first 26 items will fill list 1
So if the user selects the first item in list 1 which is
A ListItem1
then list 2 needs to be filled with
A0
A1
A2.....
AZ
(thats lines 27 to 63)
list 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C....
(thats lines 64 to 90
If the user selects the second entry in listbox 1 then list box 2 needs to be filled with
B0
B1
B2...
BZ
(thats lines 91-127
List box 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C...
(thats lines 128-154
so what we end up with is that list2 and 3 are subsets of whatever is selected in list1 and the final result to the user is a 3 character code made up of the first character of each selected list item
I can do this so far with the following code
Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Static y As Integer
Dim sTmpArray() As String
Dim sList2A(35) as String
Dim sList2B(35) as String
Dim sList3A(25) as String
Dim sList3B(25) as String
(Code here which loads the entire list into sTmpArray)
For i = 0 To 25
cboList1.AddItem sTmpArray(i)
Next i
(Code here which removes the contents of list1 from the array)
For x = 0 To 35
sList2A(x) = sTmpArray(x)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 To 25
sList2B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
y = y + x
For x = 0 to 35
sList3A(x) = sTmpArray(y)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 to 25
ASKER
The problem is not loading the files. I can easily load the first 26 lines into the first listbox
I was more looking to storing the lists in arrays. I'm sorry but I think my question was not specific enough.
The first 26 items in the list start sequentially with the letters of the alpahbet e.g
A ListItem1
B ListItem2
C ListItem3 ........
The next 36 items in the list start with the character A, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 start with the character B, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 with the character C, followed by 26 items from A-Z and so on.
The first 26 items will fill list 1
So if the user selects the first item in list 1 which is
A ListItem1
then list 2 needs to be filled with
A0
A1
A2.....
AZ
(thats lines 27 to 63)
list 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C....
(thats lines 64 to 90
If the user selects the second entry in listbox 1 then list box 2 needs to be filled with
B0
B1
B2...
BZ
(thats lines 91-127
List box 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C...
(thats lines 128-154
so what we end up with is that list2 and 3 are subsets of whatever is selected in list1 and the final result to the user is a 3 character code made up of the first character of each selected list item
I can do this so far with the following code
Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Static y As Integer
Dim sTmpArray() As String
Dim sList2A(35) as String
Dim sList2B(35) as String
Dim sList3A(25) as String
Dim sList3B(25) as String
(Code here which loads the entire list into sTmpArray)
For i = 0 To 25
cboList1.AddItem sTmpArray(i)
Next i
(Code here which removes the contents of list1 from the array)
For x = 0 To 35
sList2A(x) = sTmpArray(x)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 To 25
sList2B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
y = y + x
For x = 0 to 35
sList3A(x) = sTmpArray(y)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 to 25
sList3B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
For i = 0 to 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2A(i)
Next i
For i = 0 to 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3A(i)
Next i
cboList1.ListIndex = 0
cboList2.ListIndex = 0
cboList3.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
Sub cboList1.Click()
Dim i As Integer
cboList2.Clear
cboList3.Clear
Select Case Left$(sboList1, 1)
Case "A"
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2A(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3A(i)
Next i
Case "B"
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2B(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3B(i)
Next i
End Select
cboList2.ListIndex = 0
cboList3.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
As I said this works but so far I have only just coded to trap for "A" and "B" and there are 24 more letters of the alphabet to go and if I continue on in this way that a lot of repitive coding and a lot of arrays.
Surely there is a simplier way (one that eludes me at this time) - maybe multi dimensioned arrays????
help please
I was more looking to storing the lists in arrays. I'm sorry but I think my question was not specific enough.
The first 26 items in the list start sequentially with the letters of the alpahbet e.g
A ListItem1
B ListItem2
C ListItem3 ........
The next 36 items in the list start with the character A, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 start with the character B, followed by 26 items from A-Z. The next 36 with the character C, followed by 26 items from A-Z and so on.
The first 26 items will fill list 1
So if the user selects the first item in list 1 which is
A ListItem1
then list 2 needs to be filled with
A0
A1
A2.....
AZ
(thats lines 27 to 63)
list 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C....
(thats lines 64 to 90
If the user selects the second entry in listbox 1 then list box 2 needs to be filled with
B0
B1
B2...
BZ
(thats lines 91-127
List box 3 needs to be filled with
A
B
C...
(thats lines 128-154
so what we end up with is that list2 and 3 are subsets of whatever is selected in list1 and the final result to the user is a 3 character code made up of the first character of each selected list item
I can do this so far with the following code
Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Static y As Integer
Dim sTmpArray() As String
Dim sList2A(35) as String
Dim sList2B(35) as String
Dim sList3A(25) as String
Dim sList3B(25) as String
(Code here which loads the entire list into sTmpArray)
For i = 0 To 25
cboList1.AddItem sTmpArray(i)
Next i
(Code here which removes the contents of list1 from the array)
For x = 0 To 35
sList2A(x) = sTmpArray(x)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 To 25
sList2B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
y = y + x
For x = 0 to 35
sList3A(x) = sTmpArray(y)
y = y + 1
Next x
For x = 0 to 25
sList3B(x) = sTmpArray(y + x)
Next x
For i = 0 to 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2A(i)
Next i
For i = 0 to 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3A(i)
Next i
cboList1.ListIndex = 0
cboList2.ListIndex = 0
cboList3.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
Sub cboList1.Click()
Dim i As Integer
cboList2.Clear
cboList3.Clear
Select Case Left$(sboList1, 1)
Case "A"
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2A(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3A(i)
Next i
Case "B"
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2B(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3B(i)
Next i
End Select
cboList2.ListIndex = 0
cboList3.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
As I said this works but so far I have only just coded to trap for "A" and "B" and there are 24 more letters of the alphabet to go and if I continue on in this way that a lot of repitive coding and a lot of arrays.
Surely there is a simplier way (one that eludes me at this time) - maybe multi dimensioned arrays????
help please
ASKER
Oops - please ignore my first comment as I hit the submit button before I finished the comment
Try like this:
Dim lStart, lEnd
lStart = Asc(Left(sboList1.Text,1))
lStart = (lStart * 64) + 27
For x = lStart To lStart+26
sList2(x) = sTmpArray(x)
Next x
lStart = lStart + 26 + 1
For x = lStart to lStart+36
sList3(x) = sTmpArray(y)
Next x
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3(i)
Next i
You don't need multiple arrays, if I had understood properly. You only need 2 arrays to fill the last 2 lists.
Hope this helps.
Dim lStart, lEnd
lStart = Asc(Left(sboList1.Text,1))
lStart = (lStart * 64) + 27
For x = lStart To lStart+26
sList2(x) = sTmpArray(x)
Next x
lStart = lStart + 26 + 1
For x = lStart to lStart+36
sList3(x) = sTmpArray(y)
Next x
For i = 0 To 35
cboList2.AddItem sList2(i)
Next i
For i = 0 To 25
cboList3.AddItem sList3(i)
Next i
You don't need multiple arrays, if I had understood properly. You only need 2 arrays to fill the last 2 lists.
Hope this helps.
A slight change in assigning to arrays, please check this:
For x = lStart To lStart+26
sList2(x - lStart) = sTmpArray(x - lStart)
Next x
lStart = lStart + 26 + 1
For x = lStart to lStart+36
sList3(x - lStart) = sTmpArray(y - lStart)
Next x
For x = lStart To lStart+26
sList2(x - lStart) = sTmpArray(x - lStart)
Next x
lStart = lStart + 26 + 1
For x = lStart to lStart+36
sList3(x - lStart) = sTmpArray(y - lStart)
Next x
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I had to do a bit of tweaking but got it in the end
Thanks
Thanks
you can build of this code
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=189
hope this helps
cheers
andy