SELECT

Description

Selects the Listbox or Combobox list item matching the string parameter and updates the display.

For SELECT as used in SELECT CASE statements, see SELECT..CASE

Syntax

print #handle.ext, "select string"
print #handle.ext, "select "; string$

Hints

Text Selection. Use SELECT when working with the text content of a list item, rather than its index number.

Example

'Using SELECT with a list
nomainwin
a$(1) = "apple"
a$(2) = "orange"
a$(3) = "banana"
a$(4) = "pear"

listbox #win.lst, a$(),doLst, 10, 10, 120, 200

open "Select Demo" for window as #win
#win "trapclose Quit"
' Use SELECT to highlight the default selection
#win.lst "select banana"

wait

sub Quit handle$
    close #handle$
    end
    end sub

sub doLst handle$
    #handle$ "selection? sel$"
    notice "You chose ";sel$
    end sub

Useful Procedures

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