How to get typped item from a combo box

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Hi,
iam new to vc++. consider i have a dialog box and it contain CombBox.
suppose user typped a new string in ComboBox. After typed a button is clicked. then how to get that typed word from that comb box?

Posted 9-Mar-13 6:20am

Programmady

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[no name] 9-Mar-13 12:26pm

Very broad and vague. We would have no idea what version C++ you are using (it might make a difference), what platform you are using, what UI framework you are using or what combobox you are trying to get text out of. Quite possibly it's as simple as "yourComboxBox.Text"....

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If you are using MFC, don't forget to do UpdateData() before you try to look at the control's contents.

Posted 9-Mar-13 9:06am

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Leo Chapiro · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-09T06:23:00

Solution 1

Using MFC (CComboBox) you can easy call CComboBox::GetLBText(), passing it the current selection using CComboBox::GetCurSel()

Posted 9-Mar-13 6:23am

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Programmady 9-Mar-13 12:33pm

iam using VS8. But the above code does'nt work. actually input string is not in selected mode then how it give index? iam using an AutoComplete combo box. so i need typed input from user.

Programmady 9-Mar-13 13:34pm

thanks for your reply

SajeeshCheviry · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-09T07:30:00

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But the above code does'nt work. actually input string is not in selected mode then how it give index? iam using an AutoComplete combo box. so i need typed input from user.

If you need to get text associated with it? then use GetWindowtext().
eg:

C++

CString csText;
m_Combo.GetWindowText( csText );