Default Constructor.

Adds an item to the list and displays it in the specified color.

Adds an item to the list, displays it in the specified color and associates the specified value with the item.

Adds an item to the list control and displays it in the specified font.

Adds a new item with the speicifed font and value.

Adds a string to a list box or combo box.

Adds an item to the list control and specified an image for the normal and selected state.

Adds an item to the list control and specified an image for the normal and selected state, and a value to associate with the item.

Brings a window to the top of all overlapping windows.

Centers a window. If the window is a top-level window, it centers it on the desktop. If the window is a child window, it centers it on top of its parent.

Clears the value from a data field, multiline field, or table window column.

Clears a window's cursor.

Deletes all entries from a list box or combo box.

Collapses all descendent items.

Deletes the child item from the tree control.

Deletes all descendants (children, grandchildren, and so on) of the specified child.

Deletes a list box or combo box entry.

Moves an item and all descendants right in the outline by making the item become the last child of the previous sibling.

Destroys a form window, a top-level table window, or a modeless dialog box created with SalCreateWindow.

Disables the specified item.

Disables keyboard and mouse input to a window. If the window contains text (for example, a push button), the text is grayed. If the window is a data field, it cannot receive the focus.

Disables keyboard and mouse input to a window and grays out its associated label. A label is the label control that immediately precedes the window in the outline. The label control must have a mnemonic. If the window contains text (for example, a push button), the text is grayed. If the window is a data field, it cannot receive the focus.

Moves the source item to the new location, providing support for dragging tree items.

Enables the specified item.

Enables keyboard and mouse input to a window.

Enables keyboard and mouse input to a window and enables its associated label as well. A label is the label control that immediately precedes the window in the outline.

Enumerates child item handles for a specified item.

Enumerates descendent (children, grandchildren, and so on) item handles for a specified item.

Expands an outline one level at the index specified.

Displays all descendants of an item.

This function finds a child window of a given name in the specified window.

Finds the item with the specified value in the descendants of the specified node.

Computes the number of pixels in the number of form units. Form units are a unit of measurement used by functions which move and position objects. Form units are computed using physical units (pixels) in conjunction with the window's font size.

Frees memory for the item specified and for all its descendants.

Frees memory for all descendants of the item specified.

Returns the control associated with the handle.

Return the name of a window's class as a string.

Returns the current color of the list item.

Returns an object's type.

Returns the maximum length of a data field, multiline text field, or table window column.

Returns a data field's or table window column's data type.

Returns the handle of the first child window of the specified type. You can use this function to get the handles of MDI child windows.

Returns the item's flags.

Returns the current font of the list control item.

Gets a window's font name, size, and enhancements.

Gets the picture format of a data field or table window column.

Gets the picture format of a data field or table window column.

Returns the current format of a data field or table window column.

Copies the contents of a data field or table window column to a string. This function also lets you copy the format of the data.

Copies the contents of a data field or table window column to a string. This function also lets you copy the format of the data.

Returns the index of the item at the indicated screen coordinates.

Gets the input mask of a data field or table window column.

Gets the input mask of a data field or table window column.

Retrieves the color associated with an outline item.

Returns information about the specified item.

Returns the items's flags.

Retrieves the font associated with an outline item.

Retrieves the item handle based on an index specified.

Retrieves the index associated with an outline item based on an item handle.

Returns the pictures for the outline item.

Returns the text for the outline item.

Returns the value saved with the outline item.

Retrieves the window handle of the label (label control) that is associated with the hWndTarget parameter. There must be a mnemonic in that label, and it must immediately precede hWndTarget in the outline, or this function will fail.

Retrieves the text of the label associated to a control. Important: The label control does not require a mnemonic for the functions listed above to operate.

Retrieves the text of the label associated to a control. Important: The label control does not require a mnemonic for the functions listed above to operate.

Returns the indentation level of the specified item.

Returns the number of list box or combo box entries.

Determines whether the specified list box or combo box entry is selected.

Returns the text of the specified item.

Returns the text of the specified item.

Returns the length of a list box or combo box entry.

Fetches the selected directory or file name from a list box or combo box.

Fetches the selected directory or file name from a list box or combo box.

Returns the index of the selected entry in a combo box or single-selection list box.

Returns an array of index numbers of selected list box entries.

Returns the number of selected entries in a multiple-selection list box. Specify single- or multiple-selection in the list box's customizer.

Returns a window's current position on the X and Y axes.

Gets the name of an object.

Gets the name of an object.

Returns the handle of the next child window that matches a specified type.

Retrieves the item handle for the next sibling of the specified item.

Returns the handle of an object's parent window.

Retrieves the item handle for the parent of the specified item.

Returns the pictures associated with the item.

Retrieves the item handle for the previous sibling of the specified item.

Gets the value of a named property.

Gets the value of a named property.

Returns the handle for the root node.

Returns a window's size.

Returns the style flags for the control.

Retrieves the text of a window.

Retrieves the text of a window.

Returns the rectangle for the specified tree node.

Unmasks the text from a masked edit control.

Unmasks the text from a masked edit control.

Gets a window's color.

Returns a window's current state.

Hides the custom dropdown control.

Hides a window.

Hides a window and its associated label.

Inserts an item to the list control at the specified position and displays it in the specified color.

Inserts an item to the list control at the specified position, displays it in the specified color and associates the specified value to the item.

Adds an item to a list control at the specified index and displays it in the specified font.

Adds an item to the list control, displays it in the specified font, and associates the specified value with the item.

Inserts an entry into a list box or combo box at a specified position.

Inserts an item at the specified postion and specifies an image for the normal and selected state.

Inserts an item at the specified postion and specifies an image for the normal and selected state, and associates a value to the item.

Causes a window to be repainted.

Determines whether a window is an instance of the specified class.

Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column is null or empty.

Determines whether a window is enabled for mouse and keyboard input.

#BugFix for .NET 1.1 and 2.0 The Enter key is considered an input key when the list is dropped down without considering that when the DropDownStyle is set to Simple the listbox is always dropped down and cannot be closed up.

Returns the setting of the Field Edit Flag for a data field, multiline field, combo box, table window's context row cell, or picture.

Validates the contents of a data field or table window column using the current profile.

Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains a valid date/time value. For multiline text fields, the date/time value must be the only item in the field.

Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains a valid decimal value. For multiline text fields, the decimal value must be the only item in the field.

Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains a valid integer value. For multiline text fields, the integer value must be the only item in the field.

Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains a valid numeric value. Valid numbers are integers or floating point numbers, negative and positive. For multiline text fields, the numeric value must be the only item in the field.

Determines whether a window is currently visible.

Destroys an object's system timer.

Inserts an item as the last child of the specified parent.

Inserts multiple items as the last children of the specified parent item.

Deserializes the entire outline tree from the specified string.

Loads the serialized outline structure from the file and creates the new items as children of the specified node.

Loads a new tree node as a sibling of the specified item.

Moves the specified item down one position in the tree.

Moves an item and its descendants up in the list.

Moves a window a given number of form units on the X and Y axes relative to its current position.

Suppress the DropDownClosed event. We generate it in HideDropDownControl().

Force the creation the drop down control handle and subclasses the combo box control to suppress the original dropdown list.

Dispose the host form when this control is destroyed.

Disables the keyboard when the control is not editable.

Disables the keyboard when the controlis not editable.

Called when the ReadOnly property has changed.

Computes the number of form units based on the number of pixels. Form units are a unit of measurement used by functions that move and position objects. Form units are computed using physical units (pixels) in conjunction with a window's font sizes.

Populates a list box or combo box with a result set. SalListPopulate overrides any settings made with SalListSetTabs. If the SELECT statement returns data from multiple columns, each column's data displayed in a list box is separated by tabs. However, due to a Microsoft Windows limitation, each column's data displayed in a combo box is separated by a single '|' character. There is no space between one column's data, the separator character, and another column's data.

Populates a list box or combo box with a result set. SalListPopulate overrides any settings made with SalListSetTabs. If the SELECT statement returns data from multiple columns, each column's data displayed in a list box is separated by tabs. However, due to a Microsoft Windows limitation, each column's data displayed in a combo box is separated by a single '|' character. There is no space between one column's data, the separator character, and another column's data.

Populates a list box or combo box with a directory of files.

Posts the specified message to a window by adding nMsg to hWndReceiver's message queue.

Traps the keys that are used to show the drop down list.

Moves an item and its descendants left in the outline by making it the last sibling of the parent item.

Serializes the entire outline tree into the specified string.

Sends the specified message to a window. SalSendMsg does not return until the processing for the message is complete.

Sends a message to all child items of a form window, dialog box, table window, or MDI window.

Sets the color of a list item.

Defines a named popup menu that displays automatically when a window receives SAM_ContextMenu.

Defines a named popup menu that displays automatically when a window receives SAM_ContextMenu.

Sets a window's cursor.

Sets a window's cursor.

Sets a window's cursor from a string variable.

Sets an application-defined cursor for the specified window. Use this function to set the cursor from an image stored in a file.

Sets a limit on the number of characters that a user can enter into a data field, multiline text field, or table window column.

Sets the item's flags.

Sets the focus to a specified window.

Sets the font of the list control item.

Sets a window's font, font size, and font enhancements.

Sets the picture format of a data field or table window column.

Sets a data field's or table window column's format.

Gets or sets the distance to indent each of the child tree node levels.

Sets the input mask of a data field or table window column.

Sets the color of the outline item.

Updates the specified item.

Sets the item's flags.

Sets the font of the outline item.

Assigns new bitmaps to the specified item.

Sets the text of the outline item.

Sets the value associated to the outline item.

Sets the text of the associaetd label control.

Redraws entries in a list box or combo box, or prevents them from being redrawn.

Selects or deselects a combo box or single-selection list box entry.

Selects or deselects a combo box or multiple-selection list box entry.

Finds and selects a combo box or single-selection list box entry.

Sets tabs in a list box.

Moves a window to a new position (x, y) on the X and Y axes.

Sets or clears the field edit flag for an editable data field, combo box, multiline text field, table window column, or picture.

Enables or disables drawing.

Changes the normal and selected images for the specified item.

Sets the value of a named property.

Resizes a window.

Sets the style flags for the control.

Sets the text of a window.

Copies a string to a data field or table window column. After copying the string to the field, formats the string.

Creates a system timer for a given object. When a timer event occurs, sends SAM_Timer messages to the object in specified intervals. Timers are a limited global resource. Your application must check the value returned by SalTimerSet to verify that the timer was created.

Sets a window's color.

Shows the custom dropdown control hosted in our special inner form class.

Expands list items up to the specified level.

Makes a window visible.

Makes a window and its associated label visible. A label is the label control that immediately precedes the window in the outline.

Creates pop-up menus at runtime.

Creates pop-up menus at runtime.

Forces the update of a window.

Validates and formats a data field's or table window column's contents.

Validates and formats a data field's or table window column's contents.

Starts the Windows help system.

Override WndProc to handle reflected notifications.

Processes messages for this control.

Fully qualified expressions operator.

Multiple Inheritance: Overloaded casting operator.

Instance of the derived object that inherits this class as a second base in a multiple inheritance tree.

Returns true if the object was designed as visible.

Returns/Sets the border style to use for the dropdown host.

Gets/Sets the control to use as the combo's dropdown.

Gets/Sets the size of the dropdown control.

Shows/Hdes the custom dropdown control.

Gets/Sets the editable flag.

Indicates the edit mask to apply to the text while editing.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Shows/Hides the horizontal scrollbar. Supported starting from Common Controls v. 5.80

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Returns/Sets the label associated with this control.

Returns/Sets the modified flag.

Returns the collection of named properties.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Returns/Sets the ReadOnly flag for the ComboBox control. When the ComboBox is ReadOnly, it can still get the focus.

Hide the SelectedIndex property.

Gets/Sets the sorted property.

Multiple Inheritance: Wrapper property.

Returns/Sets the text of the combo box. This is overridden remove the edit mask.

Fired when the ReadOnly property is altered.