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Drop Down Combobox programatically??

Hi All,
is it possible to drop down a Combobox programatically? I am trying to show a combobox on click on a datagrid. I am able to show the combobox on click on the grid but not able to drop it automatically so that the user can directly select.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Badri.

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farsight

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

Private Const CB_SHOWDROPDOWN As Long = &H14F

Public Sub ComboDropdownHide(ByVal cbo As VB.ComboBox)
SendMessage cbo.hwnd, CB_SHOWDROPDOWN, False, 0
End Sub

Public Sub ComboDropdownShow(ByVal cbo As VB.ComboBox)
SendMessage cbo.hwnd, CB_SHOWDROPDOWN, True, 0
End Sub

dennislw

This is what I use and it works great.

Private Sub Combo1_GotFocus()
SendKeys "{F4}"
End Sub

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