Hi

I wonder if there is an easy way to see if a item already exist in a
listbox.

example

let say I have 4 items in a listbox, and the user want to add a new
item. But I do not want him to add a item which already exist, so I must
compare all 4 items with the item which the user want to add.

Any easy way to do that?

Regards
William

lbMyBox->Strings->IndexOf("alreadythere")
will return its index if it's already there, or -1 if not.

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Lucian

Hello Hoang,

Hoang Trung <ei99h...@chl.chalmers.se> schreef in berichtnieuws
3A0C0BA6.AE9AB...@chl.chalmers.se...

Do something like:

int index;
if( (index = ListBox->Items->IndexOf("A new Entry")) > -1 )
    ListBox->ItemIndex = index;
else {
    index = ListBox->Items->Add("A new Entry");
    ListBox->ItemIndex = index;

Is this easy enough...;-))

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