oviaudmurat
Mon Aug 25 07:18:33 CDT 2003
I hope it doesn't seem that i am talking to myself,
but i must answer my silly question about the Caret to Point conversion.
RTFM!!
Point caretPoint = RichTextBox.GetPosFromCharIndex( currentIndex )
is the answer
Thanks either
oviaudmurat@web.de (Ole) wrote in message news:<c640408c.0308221505.3d518500@posting.google.com>...
> i found what i was looking for:
> it's really trivial ... as an acquaintant said, you only have to
> generate a new Form with FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None and
> put a listbox to this new form. Then put the form under the current
> cursor position of the TextBox.
>
> But question follows:
> how do i convert to position of the current insert caret of
> a textbox to a System.Drawing.Point ?
>
> i thought of
>
> int ix = textbox.SelectionStart;
> Point location = somehowconverttoPoint( ix, textbox );
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> oviaudmurat@web.de (Ole) wrote in message news:<c640408c.0308210309.2d3a227a@posting.google.com>...
> > Indeed, that is an interesting article.
> >
> > I tried the ShellLib without diving to deep into its internals.
> > But i think it is not possible ( without modifiying ShellLib.dll ), to
> > bind the Autocompletion to a userdefined list when the control that is
> > to be autocompleted is a TextBox. With a ComboBox, you might bind a
> > user defined list to the AutoComplete Object.
> >
> > Further i need control over the Location of the AutoComplete ListBox,
> > where
> > it pops up. ( Excuse my bad english please ).
> >
> > Nevertheless, I plan to use ShellLib in other situations.
> >
> > Is there a way of modifiying the ShellLib.dll in order to:
> > - bind a user defined SourceList to a RichTextBox - AutoComplete
> > Object
> > - obtain control over initial pop position of AutoComplete listbox
> > - change appearance of listbox
> > ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Uriel Cohen" <uriel.cohen@philips.com> wrote in message news:<ediRb9xZDHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > Hi, Ole!
> > >
> > > Check the following article. I think you'll find it very enlighting:
> > >
> > >
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdoesshell4.asp
> > >
> > > Uriel
> > >
> > > "Ole" <oviaudmurat@web.de> wrote in message
> > > news:c640408c.0308200453.6dd98f10@posting.google.com...
> > > > Hello out there,
> > > > lang: csharp
> > > > topic: ListBox in RichTextBox / sql / db / editors
> > > >
> > > > i am developing an sqlclientshellsystem, that makes it possible to
> > > > connect to various sqlservers ( ms sqlserver, oracle, db2, ... ).
> > > > Basic functionality is completed.
> > > > Now i want to implement wordcompletion for different things:
> > > > for example, if a user types in a tablename in order to specifiy the
> > > > columns,
> > > > i want to suggest the columns to him in form of a listbox popping up
> > > > beneath the tablename. ( like it is known in many IDEs (
> > > > Codecompletion or Intellisense ).
> > > >
> > > > I know that i have to maintain keword database, schema information and
> > > > a like.
> > > >
> > > > The problem is, how do i put a listbox into a textbox ??
> > > > i tried to TextBox.Controls.Add( ListBox ), but it doesn't have the
> > > > wanted effect.
> > > >
> > > > Any hints ? ( I'm relatively new to .NET and haven't studied the
> > > > ComponentModel yet, but perhaps you might tell me how i can accomplish
> > > > my task )
> > > >
> > > > Greetings and thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Ole Viaud-Murat