Combo Box Baloon Help popup

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HilcrRWise

I have a combo box with numerous values, alot of which are too long t
be fully displayed in the drop down window (the combo box width can no
be made any wider). Is it possible to wordwrap the value so that i
displayed over multiple lines? If not, which I am pretty sure i
isn't, is it possible to make it so when the mouse cursor hovers over
value in the drop down list after a couple of seconds a help baloo
pops up displaying the full value
 
I know this doesn't really answer your question but how
about using a smaller font? I find that 7pt 'Small Font'
is still readable and has helped in similar circumstances.

Regards,

Lee
 
I don't think there's any simple way of getting the highlighted row from
a dropped-down combobox. But don't forget you can set the ListWidth of
the combo independently of the Width: I often use this if the combo
can't be wide enough for all the items in the list.

Another approach is to replace the combo. Create a little pop-up form
with a listbox to display the choices. On the main form, use a textbox
instead of the combo, with a little buttton (perhaps with [...] for a
caption next to it to display the form.
 
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