Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form?

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I have loaded a ListBox on an HTA form but it displays the items in the =
order of the load; meaning it's sometimes NOT sorted.

In VB, there is a 'sorted' property for these objects. Is there also a =
'sorted' property for an HTA ListBox? Perhaps a 'style' or something?

I have looked on MS, Google'd, and search dozens of articles on MSDN but =
no luck. Maybe someone here has an idea?

many thanks,

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Mark-Allen Perry
Beta ID: [160825 / 1112165]
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org


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Re: Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form? by Bob

Bob
Tue Nov 08 06:13:18 CST 2005

Mark-Allen Perry wrote:
> Note: this post was sent to the four scripting groups on MS.
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> I have loaded a ListBox on an HTA form but it displays the items in
> the order of the load; meaning it's sometimes NOT sorted.
>
> In VB, there is a 'sorted' property for these objects. Is there also
> a 'sorted' property for an HTA ListBox?

No. There is no difference between an HTA SELECT element and an HTML SELECT
element.

You have to sort the items yourself before adding them. This is trivial if
retrieving the items from a database, or if using javascript (it's easy to
sort a javascript array). It's not so easy with vbscript - do a Google
search for "vbscript sort array" (no quotes)

Bob Barrows

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Re: Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form? by Mark-Allen

Mark-Allen
Tue Nov 08 07:24:29 CST 2005

Bob,

That's what I had imagined; MS designs stuff half-brained. It appears the
same group who designed WinPE to be missing half of Windows, also designed
HTAs. {sigh...}

Many thanks for the info and the suggestion. I've got some sort code and
will add it to the form.

have a nice day and thanks for the quick reply.

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Mark-Allen Perry
Beta ID: [160825 / 1112165]
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org


"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01501@NOyahoo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> Mark-Allen Perry wrote:
> > Note: this post was sent to the four scripting groups on MS.
> > ---------------------
> > I have loaded a ListBox on an HTA form but it displays the items in
> > the order of the load; meaning it's sometimes NOT sorted.
> >
> > In VB, there is a 'sorted' property for these objects. Is there also
> > a 'sorted' property for an HTA ListBox?
>
> No. There is no difference between an HTA SELECT element and an HTML
SELECT
> element.
>
> You have to sort the items yourself before adding them. This is trivial if
> retrieving the items from a database, or if using javascript (it's easy to
> sort a javascript array). It's not so easy with vbscript - do a Google
> search for "vbscript sort array" (no quotes)
>
> Bob Barrows
>
> --
> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
> don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
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Re: Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form? by Bob

Bob
Tue Nov 08 07:38:58 CST 2005

Mark-Allen Perry wrote:
> Bob,
>
> That's what I had imagined; MS designs stuff half-brained.

In this case, it has nothing to do with MS. HTML was not designed by MS. IE
is not the only browser out there, remember.
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Re: Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form? by mosow

mosow
Tue Nov 08 08:07:05 CST 2005

What about using a disconnected recordset (ADOR) rather than an array?
This has the ability to easily sort the items.

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Re: Where is the SORTED property of a ListBox on an HTA form? by Bob

Bob
Tue Nov 08 08:28:43 CST 2005

:-) I'm not the one asking the question. I know how to sort data.
mosow wrote:
> What about using a disconnected recordset (ADOR) rather than an array?

ADOR is deprecated. An ad hoc ADODB recordset can certainly be used.

> This has the ability to easily sort the items.

I think the OP has a handle on sorting the data.

Bob Barrows
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