4.4.32 Combo Box Properties (General Items) dialog box

The Combo Box Properties dialog box appears when you select and double-click a combo box in the menu form view of the Script Menu Editor window.

The Combo Box Properties dialog box has four tabs: General Items, Common Items, Key, and Style. Click the General Items tab to display the Combo Box Properties (General Items) page.

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Organization of this subsection

(1) Components
(2) Operations
(3) Processing

(1) Components

In the Combo Box Properties (General Items) dialog box, you can set the following items for a combo box.

Acquire text from a variable

Select this check box to acquire the text to appear in the combo box from a variable.

Variable name for text display

Specify a variable name for setting the text to appear in the combo box.

You can enter a variable only if you select Acquire text from a variable. If you specify a two-dimensional array variable, an error occurs when the menu form is activated.

Text

Type the text to appear in the combo box. You cannot set Text if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Listed data

Lists the data to appear in the list attached to the combo box. The list is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Add

Adds the data specified in Text to the end of the list displayed in Listed data.

This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Insert

Inserts the data specified in Text above the data selected in Listed data.

This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Update

Updates the data selected in Listed data with the data specified in Text.

This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Delete

Deletes data selected in the list. This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Move Up

Moves data selected in the list up one line. This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Move Down

Moves data selected in the list down one line. This button is disabled if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Variable name for selected data

Specify a variable name for setting the status of the combo box. If you specify an array variable, an error occurs when the menu form is activated.

Drop-down line count

Specify the number of lines to appear in the drop-down list attached to the combo box.

Set a number in the range 1 to 100. 5 is set by default.

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(2) Operations

Click OK to apply the settings and close the Combo Box Properties dialog box.
Click Cancel to close the dialog box without applying the settings.

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(3) Processing

When Acquire text from a variable is selected, any elements without a value in the variable specified in Variable name for text display do not appear in the drop-down list.
The variable specified in Variable name for selected data stores the text that the user selects or enters in the combo box.

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