CComboBox problem

[J B 0]

Hi guys, I'm handling CBN_SELCHANGE message of a CComboBox object in my app. The calling function is said to be OnCbnSelchangeMycombo(). The message has been intercepted successfully whenever an item is selected. The problem I have is that if the combo box style is set as CBS_DROPDOWN, I am not able to correctly get the text of the selected item, the resulted string is an empty string. If the stype is CBS_DROPDOWNLIST, the return text is correct. I tried to get the text using both GetWindowText() and UpdateData(), they return the same thing. Also, I notice the return string will be correct if I select an item using arrow keys. The string is only empty when I select the item by mouse click. Does anybody know why? Thanks alot.

[Roger Allen]

You should use the CBS_SELENDOK message. While CB_SELCHANGE does what you want, you get this while a mouse is selecting a item from the list, so you may get multiple selectons before an actual item is selected by the user. If you vote me down, my score will only get lower

[J B 0]

Thanks Roger, I tried to handle CBS_SELENDOK message and the return string is still an empty string. The handler function looks like below:

void CMyDlg::OnCbnSelendokMycombo()
{
	UpdateData(TRUE);

	CString szMyCombo;
	m_MyCombo.GetWindowText(szMyCombo);

	if (v_szMyCombo.IsEmpty())
		return;
}

both szMyCombo and v_szMyCombo return empty strings. v_szMyCombo is the CString value variable for the combo box. Again, if I change the combo box style to "Drop List", the return string is correct. Any other ideas?