The ComboBox control of the Windows Installer does not display a vertical scroll bar, if the client area of the list is not large enough to display all items. Are there any tricks or workarounds to solve this problem?
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No scrollbar in a ComboBox
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KurtHanner
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JoeF
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Posted 03 April 2001 - 16:22
This is a known problem with the Windows installer. In fact it's described in the "Bugs in Merge Modules and Windows Installer Engine" section of this web site. I've cut and pasted the description here for reference. All it really says is "yes this is the case" I'm afraid. All you can do is make the ComboBox taller so that a scroll bar isn't required or use some other type of control e.g.ListBox.
Joe.
No Scroll Bar in Combo Box
Description:
If a combo box includes more items than fit into the drop down down list, a scroll bar should be displayed. At least that's how all Windows applications behave. However combo boxes on Windows Installer dialogs never have a scroll bar.
Workarounds:
Make the drop down liats higher so that all items fit in the list.
Status:
This problem has been reported in several newsgroups.
Created: 2000-06-14
(Edited by JoeF at 4:24 pm on April 3, 2001)