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Disable options in a list box!!

Hey experts,

I have a list box with a series of options but i want to be able to disable some of these options as they are not available, hence stopping the user selecting this option...how do i do this!

Thanks in advance people
Matt

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fds_fatboy

You might be able to use a listview instead of a listbox. You can simulate disabling an item by changing its forecolor property, then catching it in the itemcheck event handler.

Here is an example.

Open a New VB Standard Exe Application. In Form1 add a listview control (ListView1) and add the following code to Form1:

Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Long

ListView1.View = lvwList
ListView1.Checkboxes = True
ListView1.LabelEdit = lvwManual

For i = 0 To 19
ListView1.ListItems.Add , , "Item " & i
Next

ListView1.ListItems(3).ForeColor = vbGrayText 'Disable an item
End Sub

Private Sub ListView1_ItemCheck(ByVal Item As MSComctlLib.ListItem)
If Item.ForeColor = vbGrayText Then 'If disabled...
Item.Checked = False '... Reset checkbox
End If
End Sub

MattAllen

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Cheers fellas,

i needed a msgbox to come up ideally to tell the user becasue it is only a demo version of the software but thanks a lot guys

Matt