VBnet Code Library: Text API Index

	Text/String API Updated Saturday March 31, 2001
Category	Topic
CoolTabs vb6 vb5	VBnet CoolTabs Utility Use this utility to format the tabstops in a list or textbox.

Text API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Adding AutoComplete to a VB Text Box Use the SHAutoComplete API if you're running IE 5 or greater. Nov 27.99 Disabling the Combo Edit Box Method to disable text editing in a 'Style 0' combo box. May 5.99 Manipulating Special Textbox Styles & Messages Customize the style for textboxes. Updated Aug 17.98 How to Create a Sizeable Textbox API code to add a sizeable border to a textbox at runtime. Jan 25.97 How to Determine the Number of Lines in a Textbox This code fills a label with the number of lines of text in a textbox as the user enters text. Jul 18.98 How to Determine the Current Line in a Textbox This code fills a label with the current line number that the user is on. Jul 18.98 How to Determine the Size of a Document in a Textbox Using APIs There may be times you might want a precise count of the size of the text in a textbox. While the FileLen() function can provide this information for a newly opened file, this code fills a label with the dynamic size of the document that updates as the user changes the text. Jul 18.98 How to Scroll a Textbox Vertically Using SendMessage How to use the SendMessage API to programmatically scroll a textbox vertically by any number of lines. The code also contains an interesting speed comparison demonstrating the overhead involved when a control's property is referenced during a complex operation, over the recommend method of using temporary variables for this purpose. Jul 18.98 How to Select Text Using APIs Non-typical routines using APIs for selecting text. Jul 18.98 How to Select a Text Range Using the API API method to select text based on its line number in a textbox. Sept 13.98 How to Set Tabstops in a Textbox Like the listbox method, how to align multi-column text data in a textbox without using the Courier font. Jan 8.97

String API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Displaying Long Strings with Ellipses Add the ability to create truncated strings containing ellipses. Jun 22.98 Implementing a Number-To-Text Conversion Function A multi-option number-to-text routine. May 21.99