"Marc" <marc@home.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
>
>
> I've been searching all over google, msdn, books, etc. and for the life of
> me I can't figure out how to sort a combobox.
>
>
>
> Right now I populate a combobox by reading in lines from a text file.
That
> part works fine, but the contents of the combobox are not sorted and I'd
> like to do that.
>
>
>
> The only reference I've found on msdn is that the standard "sorted"
property
> of the combobox has been removed in the .net cf. So what to do then?
>
>
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who's having this issue - I'm trying to move
> from evb to .net cf and this is such a pain. I'm thinking how much easier
> it would be if Microsoft would just write evb compatible runtimes, then we
> wouldn't have to re-write all of our applications for Windows Mobile 5.0.
>
>
>
> Please any help, examples or points in the right direction would be
greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Tim Wilson" <TIM(UNDERSCORE)WILSON(AT)ROGERS(PERIOD)COM> wrote in message
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> You can use a method similar to the one outlined in the quickstart below.
> http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/listviewsort.aspx
>
> --
> Tim Wilson
> .NET Compact Framework MVP
>
> "Marc" <marc@home.com> wrote in message
> news:e$9FppsHGHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been searching all over google, msdn, books, etc. and for the life
>> of
>> me I can't figure out how to sort a combobox.
>>
>>
>>
>> Right now I populate a combobox by reading in lines from a text file.
> That
>> part works fine, but the contents of the combobox are not sorted and I'd
>> like to do that.
>>
>>
>>
>> The only reference I've found on msdn is that the standard "sorted"
> property
>> of the combobox has been removed in the .net cf. So what to do then?
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure I'm not the only one who's having this issue - I'm trying to
>> move
>> from evb to .net cf and this is such a pain. I'm thinking how much
>> easier
>> it would be if Microsoft would just write evb compatible runtimes, then
>> we
>> wouldn't have to re-write all of our applications for Windows Mobile 5.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please any help, examples or points in the right direction would be
> greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Joseph Byrns" <JosephByrns@nnnooossppammyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OFCKfyyHGHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Or you could stick them in a DataTable, create a dataview of the table
> with a sort of your required sort and populate the combobox from the
> dataview, either by databinding or just filling it directly.
>
> Additionally there are loads of psort algorithms on internet you could
> use.
>
> "Tim Wilson" <TIM(UNDERSCORE)WILSON(AT)ROGERS(PERIOD)COM> wrote in message
> news:%233ug08sHGHA.208@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> You can use a method similar to the one outlined in the quickstart below.
>> http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/listviewsort.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Tim Wilson
>> .NET Compact Framework MVP
>>
>> "Marc" <marc@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$9FppsHGHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been searching all over google, msdn, books, etc. and for the life
>>> of
>>> me I can't figure out how to sort a combobox.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Right now I populate a combobox by reading in lines from a text file.
>> That
>>> part works fine, but the contents of the combobox are not sorted and I'd
>>> like to do that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The only reference I've found on msdn is that the standard "sorted"
>> property
>>> of the combobox has been removed in the .net cf. So what to do then?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sure I'm not the only one who's having this issue - I'm trying to
>>> move
>>> from evb to .net cf and this is such a pain. I'm thinking how much
>>> easier
>>> it would be if Microsoft would just write evb compatible runtimes, then
>>> we
>>> wouldn't have to re-write all of our applications for Windows Mobile
>>> 5.0.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please any help, examples or points in the right direction would be
>> greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>