Using lists

You can use lists to present information to the user in simple
lists with scrollbars. You can present this information with text
and pictures (in a PictureListBox) or with text alone (using a ListBox).

Depending on how you design your application, the user can
select one or more list items to perform an action based on the
list selection.

You add ListBox and PictureListBox controls to windows in
the same way you add other controls: select ListBox or PictureListBox
from the Insert>Control menu and click the window.

Adding items to list controls

In the painter Use the Item property page for the control to add new items.

To add items to a ListBox or PictureListBox:

1. Select the Items tab in the Properties
   view for the control.

2. Enter the name of the items for the ListBox. For
   a PictureListBox, also enter a picture index number to associate
   the item with a picture.

   For instructions on adding pictures to a PictureListBox,
   see “Adding pictures to PictureListBox controls”.

In a script Use the AddItem and InsertItem functions
to dynamically add items to a ListBox or PictureListBox at runtime. AddItem adds
items to the end of the list. However, if the list is sorted, the
item will then be moved to its position in the sort order. Use InsertItem if
you want to specify where in the list the item will be inserted.

Table 9-1: Using the InsertItem and AddItem functions

Function	You supply
InsertItem	Item name Position in which the item will be inserted Picture index (for a PictureListBox)
AddItem	Item name Picture index (for a PictureListBox)

For example, this script adds items to a ListBox:

This script adds items and images to a PictureListBox:

Using the Sort property You can set the control’s sort property to TRUE or
check the Sorted check box on the General property page to ensure
that the items in the list are always arranged in ascending alphabetical
order.

Adding pictures to PictureListBox controls

In the painter Use the Pictures and Items property pages for the control
to add pictures.

To add pictures to a PictureListBox:

1. Select the Pictures tab in the Properties
   view for the control.

2. Select an image from the stock image list, or
   use the Browse button to select a bitmap, cursor, or icon image.

3. Select a color from the PictureMaskColor drop-down
   menu for the image.

   The color selected for the picture mask will appear transparent
   in the PictureListBox.

4. Select a picture height and width.

   This will control the size of the images in the PictureListBox.

   Dynamically changing image size You can use a script to change the image size at runtime by
   setting the PictureHeight and PictureWidth properties before you
   add any pictures when you create a PictureListBox.

   For more information about PictureHeight and
   PictureWidth, see the PowerScript Reference.

5. Repeat the procedure for the number of images
   you plan to use in your PictureListBox.

6. Select the Items tab and change the Picture Index
   for each item to the appropriate number.

In a script Use the AddPicture function to dynamically
add pictures to a PictureListBox at runtime. For example, the script
below sets the size of the picture, adds a BMP file
to the PictureListBox, and adds an item to the control:

Deleting pictures from picture
list controls

Use the DeletePicture and DeletePictures functions
to delete pictures from either a PictureListBox or a DropDownPictureListBox.

When you use the DeletePicture function,
you must supply the picture index of the picture you want to delete.

For example:

deletes the first Picture from the control, and

deletes all the pictures in a control.

Example The following window contains a ListBox control and a PictureListBox.
The ListBox control contains four items, and the PictureListBox
has one:

When the user double-clicks an item in the ListBox, a script
executes to:

• Delete all the items
  in the PictureListBox
• Add new items to the PictureListBox that are related
  to the ListBox item that was double-clicked

This is the script used in the ListBox DoubleClicked event:

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