Does anyone know the API call to add items to a ComboBox?

[Andrew Mauer]

I'm writing a program that requires me to add between 500 and 5000 items to
it. I would like to know if there is an API call I can use to speed this
process up. If there isn't I will have to resort to adding the items to a
database and binding the ComboBox to the table, but I imagine this wouldn't
be as fast as using an API call.
I appreciate any help you can give.
Andrew Mauer
ai...@airotech.com

[Priya]

As far as adding an item to a ComboBox is concerned, you can use
SendMessage , with the CB_ADDSTRING [Public Const CB_ADDSTRING = &H143
] Message .

Regards,
Priya

[Paul]

Using SendMessage won't speed it up too much (if at all).

But if you use LockWindowUpdate to stop redrawing the combo first and then
use SendMessage to add the items you will get a significant speed increase.

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