220
How can I remove all the columns

excombobox1.Columns.Clear();

219
How can I remove a column

excombobox1.Columns.Remove("A");

482
How can I put icons/images into buttons

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.SingleEdit = true;
excombobox1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTq" +
	"lVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m" +
	"0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
	"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("C+B") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.Width = 48;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "` <img>` + ( 1 + (1 index ``) mod 3 ) + `</img> `";
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellHasCheckBox,true);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellHasButton,true);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellButtonAutoWidth,true);
	var_Column.Position = 0;
excombobox1.DrawGridLines = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.GridLinesEnum.exVLines;
excombobox1.DefaultItemHeight = 20;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 1");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 2");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 3");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 4");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 5");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 6");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 7");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 8");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

205
How can I programmatically filter a column

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Filter") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exNonBlanks;
excombobox1.Items.AddItem(null);
excombobox1.Items.AddItem("not empty");
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();

503
How can I programmatically clear the control's filter
// Click event - Occurs when the user presses and then releases the left mouse button over the list control.
private void excombobox1_Click(object sender)
{
	excombobox1.ClearFilter();
}
//this.excombobox1.Click += new exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.exg2antt.ClickEventHandler(this.excombobox1_Click);

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptPattern = "B";
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

91
How can I programmatically change the column where incremental searching is performed

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 1"),1,"SubItem 1");
excombobox1.SearchColumnIndex = 1;

488
How can I prevent showing the lines for the hierarchy while using the exMatchingItemsOnly option

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.LinesAtRoot = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.LinesAtRootEnum.exLinesAtRoot;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = -1;
excombobox1.FilterInclude = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterIncludeEnum.exMatchingItemsOnly;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column.Filter = "C1|C2";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("R1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("R2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C2");
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

315
How can I merge cells

excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = -1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Cell 1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"This is bit of text that's shown on multiple lines. This is bit of text that's shown on multiple lines.");
	var_Items.set_CellSingleLine(h,1,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CellSingleLineEnum.exCaptionWordWrap);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("This is bit of text merges all cells in the item");
	var_Items.set_ItemDivider(h,0);
	var_Items.set_CellHAlignment(h,0,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.AlignmentEnum.CenterAlignment);

316
How can I merge cells

excombobox1.DrawGridLines = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.GridLinesEnum.exAllLines;
excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C3");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("this cell merges the first two columns");
	var_Items.set_CellMerge(h,0,1);
	h = var_Items.AddItem(null);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"this cell merges the last two columns");
	var_Items.set_CellMerge(h,1,2);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("this cell merges the all three columns");
	var_Items.set_CellMerge(h,0,1);
	var_Items.set_CellMerge(h,0,2);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("this draws a divider item");
	var_Items.set_ItemDivider(h,0);

364
How can I mark the cells that has a specified type, ie strings only

excombobox1.ConditionalFormats.Add("type(%0) = 8",null).ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(255,0,0);
excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,2);
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Chld 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

467
How can I make bigger/enlarge the control's drop down button

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.LabelHeight = 40;
excombobox1.ScrollWidth = 40;
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

254
How can I make an item unselectable, or not selectable

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("unselectable - you can't get selected");
	var_Items.set_SelectableItem(h,false);
	var_Items.AddItem("selectable");

7
How can I insert an icon to column's header

excombobox1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTq" +
	"lVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m" +
	"0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
	"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("ColumnName") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).HTMLCaption = "<b>HTML</b> Column <img>1</img> Icon";

6
How can I insert an icon to column's header

excombobox1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTq" +
	"lVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m" +
	"0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
	"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("ColumnName") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).HeaderImage = 1;

295
How can I insert a hyperlink or an anchor element

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaptionFormat(var_Items.AddItem("Just an <a1>anchor</a> element ..."),0,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CaptionFormatEnum.exHTML);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items1 = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items1.set_CellCaptionFormat(var_Items1.AddItem("Just another <a2>anchor</a> element ..."),0,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CaptionFormatEnum.exHTML);

360
How can I highlight the cells or items that starts with a specified string

excombobox1.ConditionalFormats.Add("%0 startwith 'C'",null).Underline = true;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"SChild 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

421
How can I highlight only parts of the cells

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "value replace 'hil' with '<fgcolor=FF0000><b>hil</b></fgcolor>'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

11
How can I hide the searching column

excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2");
excombobox1.Items.AddItem(null);

126
How can I hide the locked / fixed items

excombobox1.ShowLockedItems = false;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_LockedItemCount(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,1);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,0),0,"locked item");
	var_Items.AddItem("un-locked item");

342
How can I hide the drop down buttons when the control loses the focus

excombobox1.HideDropDownButton = true;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.LinesAtRoot = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.LinesAtRootEnum.exGroupLinesAtRoot;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = 1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1.1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"Root 1.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1.1"),1,"Child 1.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2.1"),1,"Child 2.2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 2.1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"Root 2.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1.1"),1,"Child 1.2");

253
How can I hide or show an item

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("hidden");
	var_Items.set_ItemHeight(h,0);
	var_Items.set_SelectableItem(h,false);
	var_Items.AddItem("visible");

120
How can I hide a column

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Hidden") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Visible = false;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("2");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("3");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("4");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("5");

461
How can I have a case-sensitive filter

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Columns var_Columns = excombobox1.Columns;
	exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (var_Columns.Add("Car") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
		var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
		var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilterDoCaseSensitive | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
		var_Column.Filter = "Mazda";
	exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = (var_Columns.Add("Equipment") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
		var_Column1.DisplayFilterButton = true;
		var_Column1.DisplayFilterPattern = false;
		var_Column1.CustomFilter = "Air Bag||*Air Bag*|||Air condition||*Air condition*|||ABS||*ABS*|||ESP||*ESP*";
		var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilterDoCaseSensitive | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exPattern;
		var_Column1.Filter = "Air Bag";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Toyota"),1,"Air Bag,Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Ford"),1,"Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Nissan"),1,"Air Bag,ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag, ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"ABS,ESP");
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

462
How can I have a case-insensitive filter (exFilterDoCaseSensitive flag is not set)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Columns var_Columns = excombobox1.Columns;
	exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (var_Columns.Add("Car") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
		var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
		var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
		var_Column.Filter = "MAZDA";
	exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = (var_Columns.Add("Equipment") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
		var_Column1.DisplayFilterButton = true;
		var_Column1.DisplayFilterPattern = false;
		var_Column1.CustomFilter = "Air Bag||*Air Bag*|||Air condition||*Air condition*|||ABS||*ABS*|||ESP||*ESP*";
		var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exPattern;
		var_Column1.Filter = "AIR BAG";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Toyota"),1,"Air Bag,Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Ford"),1,"Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Nissan"),1,"Air Bag,ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag, ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"ABS,ESP");
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

29
How can I get underlined only a portion of column's header

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).HTMLCaption = "<u>Col</u>umn 1";

218
How can I get the number or the count of columns
int var_Count = excombobox1.Columns.Count;

519
How can I get the number of results/items being shown in the control's filter bar (sample 4)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.FilterList = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterListEnum.exShowExclude | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterListEnum.exShowFocusItem | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterListEnum.exShowCheckBox | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterListEnum.exSortItemsAsc;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column1.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column1.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column1.Width = 32;
	var_Column1.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column1.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarFont = (excombobox1.Font as stdole.IFontDisp);
excombobox1.FilterBarPrompt = excombobox1.FormatABC("`<b>` + value",excombobox1.FilterBarPrompt,null,null).ToString();
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "`<b><r>` + value + `</b><fgcolor=808080>` + ( matchitemcount < 0 ? ( ( len(value) ? `<br>` : `` ) + `<r>` + abs(matchitemcount " +
	"+ 1) + ` result(s)` ) : (`<fgcolor=808080>`+ itemcount + ` item(s)`) )";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCompact | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarShowCloseOnRight | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarShowCloseIfRequired | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCaptionVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

518
How can I get the number of results being shown in the control's filter bar (sample 3)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarFont = (excombobox1.Font as stdole.IFontDisp);
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "`<b><r>` + value + `</b><fgcolor=808080>` + ( matchitemcount < 0 ? ( ( len(value) ? `<br>` : `` ) + `<r>` + abs(matchitemcount " +
	"+ 1) + ` result(s)` ) : ``)";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCompact | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCaptionVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns[0];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column1.Filter = "Item A|Item B";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

517
How can I get the number of results being shown in the control's filter bar (sample 2, compact)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarFont = (excombobox1.Font as stdole.IFontDisp);
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "`<b><r>` + value + `</b><fgcolor=808080>` + ( matchitemcount < 0 ? `<off -4> ` + abs(matchitemcount + 1) + ` result(s)` : ``)";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCompact | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarSingleLine | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCaptionVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns[0];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column1.Filter = "Item A|Item B";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

516
How can I get the number of results being shown in the control's filter bar (sample 1)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarFont = (excombobox1.Font as stdole.IFontDisp);
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "`<b>` + value + `</b><r><fgcolor=808080>` + ( matchitemcount < 0 ? abs(matchitemcount + 1) + ` result(s)` : ``)";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCaptionVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns[0];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column1.Filter = "Item A|Item B";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

504
How can I get the number of results after a filter is applied

// Click event - Occurs when the user presses and then releases the left mouse button over the list control.
private void excombobox1_Click(object sender)
{
	excombobox1.ClearFilter();
}
//this.excombobox1.Click += new exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.exg2antt.ClickEventHandler(this.excombobox1_Click);

// FilterChange event - Occurs when filter was changed.
private void excombobox1_FilterChange(object sender)
{
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( "Items.MatchItemCount" );
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.Items.MatchItemCount.ToString() );
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.FormatABC("value < 0 ? `filter applied: ` + abs(value + 1) + ` result(s)` : `no filter`",excombobox1.Items.MatchItemCount,null,null).ToString() );
}
//this.excombobox1.FilterChange += new exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.exg2antt.FilterChangeEventHandler(this.excombobox1_FilterChange);

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptPattern = "Item";
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

420
How can I get the number of occurrences of a specified string in the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("occurrences") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.ComputedField = "lower(%0) count 'o'";
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'contains ' + value + ' of \\'o\\' chars'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1 oooof the root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

399
How can I get the number of occurrences of a specified string in the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("occurrences") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.ComputedField = "lower(%0) count 'o'";
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'contains ' + value + ' of \\'o\\' chars'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1 oooof the root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

277
How can I get the handle of an item based on the handle of the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Default");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);
	var_Items.set_ItemBold(var_Items.get_CellItem(var_Items.get_ItemCell(h,0)),true);

222
How can I get the columns as they are shown in the control's sortbar
Object var_Object = (excombobox1.Columns.get_ItemBySortPosition(0) as Object);

386
How can I get second part of the date

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Second") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "sec(date(%0))";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/11/2001 10:10:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002 11:01:22",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003 12:23:01",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/14/2004 13:11:59",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

65
How can I get ride/hide of the "Filter For" field

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.DisplayFilterPattern = false;

368
How can I get or display the integer part of the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Number");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Int") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "int(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("-1.98");
	var_Items.AddItem("0.99");
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");

379
How can I get only the year part from a date expression

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Year") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "year(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

385
How can I get minute part of the date

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Minute") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "min(date(%0))";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/11/2001 10:10:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002 11:01:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003 12:23:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/14/2004 13:11:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

309
How can I fix or lock items

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Default");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_LockedItemCount(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,1);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,0),0,"This is a locked item, fixed to the top side of the control.");
	var_Items.set_ItemBackColor(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,0),Color.FromArgb(196,196,186));
	var_Items.set_LockedItemCount(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,2);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,0),0,"This is a locked item, fixed to the top side of the control.");
	var_Items.set_ItemBackColor(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,0),Color.FromArgb(196,196,186));
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,1),0,"This is a locked item, fixed to the top side of the control.");
	var_Items.set_ItemBackColor(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,1),Color.FromArgb(186,186,186));

307
How can I fix or lock an item on the top of the control

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Default");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_LockedItemCount(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,1);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exTop,0),0,"This is a locked item, fixed to the top side of the control.");
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

308
How can I fix or lock an item on the bottom side of the control

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Default");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_LockedItemCount(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,1);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.get_LockedItem(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.VAlignmentEnum.exBottom,0),0,"This is a locked item, fixed to the bottom side of the control.");
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

292
How can I find the cell being clicked in a radio group

excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.SelBackColor = Color.FromArgb(255,255,128);
excombobox1.SelForeColor = Color.FromArgb(0,0,0);
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C3");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Cell 1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"Radio 1");
	var_Items.set_CellHasRadioButton(h,1,true);
	var_Items.set_CellRadioGroup(h,1,1234);
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,2,"Radio 2");
	var_Items.set_CellHasRadioButton(h,2,true);
	var_Items.set_CellRadioGroup(h,2,1234);
	var_Items.set_CellState(h,1,1);
	var_Items.set_CellBold(null,var_Items.get_CellChecked(1234),true);

489
How can I find if there is any filter applied to the control

// FilterChange event - Occurs when filter was changed.
private void excombobox1_FilterChange(object sender)
{
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( "If negative, the filter is present, else not" );
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.Items.VisibleItemCount.ToString() );
}
//this.excombobox1.FilterChange += new exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.exg2antt.FilterChangeEventHandler(this.excombobox1_FilterChange);

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.LinesAtRoot = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.LinesAtRootEnum.exLinesAtRoot;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = -1;
excombobox1.FilterInclude = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterIncludeEnum.exMatchingItemsOnly;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column.Filter = "C1";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("R1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("R2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"C2");
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

497
How can I find if the control is running in DPI mode
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.FormatABC("dpi = 1 ? `normal/stretch mode` : `dpi mode`",null,null,null).ToString() );

44
How can I filter the items that are between an interval/range of dates

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.DisplayFilterButton = true;
	var_Column.DisplayFilterDate = true;
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();

412
How can I filter programatically using more columns

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Columns var_Columns = excombobox1.Columns;
	var_Columns.Add("Car");
	var_Columns.Add("Equipment");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Toyota"),1,"Air Bag,Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Ford"),1,"Air condition");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Nissan"),1,"Air Bag,ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"Air Bag, ABS,ESP");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Mazda"),1,"ABS,ESP");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = excombobox1.Columns["Car"];
	var_Column.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column.Filter = "Mazda";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns["Equipment"];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exPattern;
	var_Column1.Filter = "*ABS*|*ESP*";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

426
How can I expand all items

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.LinesAtRoot = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.LinesAtRootEnum.exLinesAtRoot;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Items");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(0,true);
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

341
How can I ensure that the drop down portions doesn't show partial items

excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.LinesAtRoot = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.LinesAtRootEnum.exGroupLinesAtRoot;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = 1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 1.1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"Root 1.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1.1"),1,"Child 1.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2.1"),1,"Child 2.2");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("Root 2.1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"Root 2.2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1.1"),1,"Child 1.2");

580
How can I enable the clear-button (visible only if required)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.ShowClearButton = 1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Zero");
	var_Items.AddItem("One");
	var_Items.AddItem("Two");
excombobox1.set_Select(0,"Zero");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

584
How can I enable the clear-button (visible only if required and focused)
excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.ShowClearButton = 3;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Zero");
	var_Items.AddItem("One");
	var_Items.AddItem("Two");
excombobox1.set_Select(0,"Zero");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

583
How can I enable the clear-button (visible only if focused)
excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.ShowClearButton = 2;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Zero");
	var_Items.AddItem("One");
	var_Items.AddItem("Two");
excombobox1.set_Select(0,"Zero");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

581
How can I enable the clear-button (always visible)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.ShowClearButton = -1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Zero");
	var_Items.AddItem("One");
	var_Items.AddItem("Two");
excombobox1.set_Select(0,"Zero");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

18
How can I draw grid lines only for visible items

excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.DrawGridLines = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.GridLinesEnum.exRowLines;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2");
excombobox1.Items.AddItem(0);
excombobox1.Items.AddItem(1);
excombobox1.Items.AddItem(2);

554
How can I display UNICODE characters

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
stdole.IFontDisp var_StdFont = excombobox1.Font;
	var_StdFont.Name = "Arial Unicode";
	var_StdFont.Size = 22;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.DefaultItemHeight = 48;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Ӓӓ");
	var_Items.AddItem("ᦜᦝ;ᦞ");
	var_Items.AddItem("ɮɭ;ɯ");
	var_Items.AddItem("勳勴勵勶");
	var_Items.set_FormatCell(var_Items.AddItem(excombobox1.Version),0,"(value lfind `UNICODE`) < 0 ? `<fgcolor=FF0000><b>!UNICODE!</b> version</fgcolor> required: ` + value : `` ");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

415
How can I display true or false instead 0 and -1

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Boolean") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "value != 0 ? 'true' : 'false'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(true);
	var_Items.AddItem(false);
	var_Items.AddItem(true);
	var_Items.AddItem(0);
	var_Items.AddItem(1);

393
How can I display true or false instead 0 and -1

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Boolean") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "value != 0 ? 'true' : 'false'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(true);
	var_Items.AddItem(false);
	var_Items.AddItem(true);
	var_Items.AddItem(0);
	var_Items.AddItem(1);

374
How can I display the time only of a date expression

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Time") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "'time is:' + time(date(%0))";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

387
How can I display the number of days between two dates

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Start");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("End");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Duration") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "(date(%1)-date(%0)) + ' days'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/11/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,Convert.ToDateTime("1/14/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	h = var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,Convert.ToDateTime("3/14/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	h = var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,Convert.ToDateTime("4/11/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

390
How can I display the currency only for not empty cells

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Number");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Currency") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "len(%0) ? currency(dbl(%0)) : ''";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");
	var_Items.AddItem("0");
	var_Items.set_ItemBackColor(var_Items.AddItem(null),Color.FromArgb(255,128,128));
	var_Items.AddItem("10000.99");

505
How can I display the control's filter on a single line (prompt-combined)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "`<r>` + value";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarCompact | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarSingleLine | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarPromptVisible;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns[0];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column1.Filter = "Item A|Item B";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

506
How can I display the control's filter on a single line

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Item") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Pos") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.AllowSizing = false;
	var_Column.AllowSort = false;
	var_Column.Width = 32;
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "1 apos ``";
	var_Column.Position = 0;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item A");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item B");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item C");
excombobox1.FilterBarCaption = "len(value) ? `filter for: <fgcolor 808080>` + value  : `<fgcolor 808080>no filter`";
excombobox1.FilterBarPromptVisible = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarSingleLine | exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterBarVisibleEnum.exFilterBarVisible;
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column1 = excombobox1.Columns[0];
	var_Column1.FilterType = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.FilterTypeEnum.exFilter;
	var_Column1.Filter = "Item A|Item B";
excombobox1.ApplyFilter();
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

400
How can I display the column using currency format and enlarge the font for certain values

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Currency") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "len(value) ? ((0:=dbl(value)) < 10 ? '<fgcolor=808080><font ;7>' : '<b>') + currency(=:0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");
	var_Items.AddItem("9.94");
	var_Items.AddItem("11.94");
	var_Items.AddItem("1000");

422
How can I display the column using currency format and enlarge the font for certain values

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Currency") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "len(value) ? ((0:=dbl(value)) < 10 ? '<fgcolor=808080><font ;7>' : '<b>') + currency(=:0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");
	var_Items.AddItem("9.94");
	var_Items.AddItem("11.94");
	var_Items.AddItem("1000");

391
How can I display the column using currency

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Currency") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "currency(dbl(value))";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");
	var_Items.AddItem("0");
	var_Items.AddItem(5);
	var_Items.AddItem("10000.99");

413
How can I display the column using currency

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Currency") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "currency(dbl(value))";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("1.23");
	var_Items.AddItem("2.34");
	var_Items.AddItem("0");
	var_Items.AddItem(5);
	var_Items.AddItem("10000.99");

356
How can I display the column's header using multiple lines

excombobox1.HeaderHeight = 128;
excombobox1.HeaderSingleLine = false;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("This is just a column that should break the header.") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 32;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("This is just another column that should break the header.");

56
How can I display the column's filter

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).DisplayFilterButton = true;

416
How can I display only the right part of the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Right") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.ComputedField = "%0 right 2";
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'\"' + value + '\"'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"SChild 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

395
How can I display only the right part of the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Right") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.ComputedField = "%0 right 2";
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'\"' + value + '\"'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"SChild 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

380
How can I display only the month of the date

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Month") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "month(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

394
How can I display only the left part of the cell

excombobox1.Columns.Add("");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Left") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "%0 left 2";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 1");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"Child 2");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"SChild 3");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

381
How can I display only the day of the date

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Day") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "day(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/11/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/14/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

439
How can I display numbers with 2 digits in each group

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Def") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem(100000.27);
	var_Items.set_FormatCell(h,0,"(value format '') +  ' <fgcolor=808080>(default)'");
	h = var_Items.AddItem(100000.27);
	var_Items.set_FormatCell(h,0,"(value format '||2') +  ' <fgcolor=808080>(grouping by 2 digits)'");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

367
How can I display names as proper ( first leter of the word must be in uppercase, and the rest in lowercase )

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "proper(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("root");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"child child");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"child child");
	var_Items.InsertItem(h,null,"child child");
	var_Items.set_ExpandItem(h,true);

168
How can I display my text on the scroll bar, using a different font

excombobox1.set_ScrollPartCaption(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollBarEnum.exHScroll,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollPartEnum.exThumbPart,"This is <s><font Tahoma;12> just </font></s> text");
excombobox1.ColumnAutoResize = false;
excombobox1.ScrollHeight = 20;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C3") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;

167
How can I display my text on the scroll bar, using a different font

excombobox1.set_ScrollPartCaption(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollBarEnum.exHScroll,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollPartEnum.exThumbPart,"This is just a text");
excombobox1.get_ScrollFont(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollBarEnum.exHScroll).Size = 12;
excombobox1.ColumnAutoResize = false;
excombobox1.ScrollHeight = 20;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C3") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;

166
How can I display my text on the scroll bar

excombobox1.set_ScrollPartCaption(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollBarEnum.exHScroll,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.ScrollPartEnum.exThumbPart,"this is just a text");
excombobox1.ColumnAutoResize = false;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("C3") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).Width = 256;

438
How can I display my numbers using a different decimal separator

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Def") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem(100.27);
	var_Items.set_FormatCell(h,0,"(value format '') +  ' <fgcolor=808080>(default)'");
	h = var_Items.AddItem(100.27);
	var_Items.set_FormatCell(h,0,"(value format '|;') +  ' <fgcolor=808080>(decimal separator is <b>;</b>)'");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

414
How can I display icons or images instead numbers

excombobox1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTq" +
	"lVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m" +
	"0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
	"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Icons") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'The cell displays the icon <img>'+value+'</img> instead ' + value";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(1);
	var_Items.AddItem(2);
	var_Items.AddItem(3);

392
How can I display icons or images instead numbers

excombobox1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTq" +
	"lVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m" +
	"0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
	"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Icons") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'The cell displays the icon <img>'+value+'</img> instead ' + value";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(1);
	var_Items.AddItem(2);
	var_Items.AddItem(3);

397
How can I display dates in short format

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "shortdate(value)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

375
How can I display dates in short format

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("ShortFormat") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "shortdate(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

418
How can I display dates in short format

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "shortdate(value)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

419
How can I display dates in my format

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'<b>' + year(0:=date(value)) + '</b><fgcolor=808080><font ;6> (' + month(=:0) + ' - ' + day(=:0) +')'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/21/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/24/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

398
How can I display dates in my format

exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column var_Column = (excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column);
	var_Column.set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
	var_Column.FormatColumn = "'<b>' + year(0:=date(value)) + '</b><fgcolor=808080><font ;6> (' + month(=:0) + ' - ' + day(=:0) +')'";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/21/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/22/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/13/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/24/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

417
How can I display dates in long format

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "longdate(value)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

396
How can I display dates in long format

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).FormatColumn = "longdate(value)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

376
How can I display dates in long format

excombobox1.Columns.Add("Date");
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("LongFormat") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ComputedField = "longdate(%0)";
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/2001 10:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("2/2/2002 11:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("3/3/2003 12:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));
	var_Items.AddItem(Convert.ToDateTime("4/4/2004 13:00:00",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")));

271
How can I display an item or a cell on multiple lines

excombobox1.ScrollBySingleLine = true;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Cell 1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"This is bit of text that's shown on multiple lines");
	var_Items.set_CellSingleLine(h,1,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CellSingleLineEnum.exCaptionWordWrap);

198
How can I display all cells using multiple lines

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("MultipleLine") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellSingleLine,false);
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("SingleLine") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellSingleLine,true);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("This is a bit of long text that should break the line"),1,"this is a bit of long text that's displayed on a single line");

199
How can I display all cells using HTML format

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("HTML") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
excombobox1.Items.AddItem("<font ;12>T</font>his <b>is</b> an <a>html</a> <font Tahoma><fgcolor=FF0000>text</fgcolor></font>.");

190
How can I display a tooltip when the cursor hovers the column

(excombobox1.Columns.Add("tooltip") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).ToolTip = "This is a bit of text that is shown when user hovers the column.";

159
How can I display a multiple pictures to a cell or item

excombobox1.DefaultItemHeight = 48;
excombobox1.set_HTMLPicture("pic1","c:\\exontrol\\images\\zipdisk.gif");
excombobox1.set_HTMLPicture("pic2","c:\\exontrol\\images\\auction.gif");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaptionFormat(var_Items.AddItem("<img>pic1</img> Text <img>pic2</img> another text ..."),0,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CaptionFormatEnum.exHTML);

406
How can I display a filter field in the bottom part of the drop down portion

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.FilterForVisible = true;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("Default");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 1");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 2");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 3");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 4");
	var_Items.AddItem("Item 5");
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

310
How can I display a divider item, merging all cells

excombobox1.MarkSearchColumn = false;
excombobox1.TreeColumnIndex = -1;
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C1");
excombobox1.Columns.Add("C2");
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	int h = var_Items.AddItem("Cell 1");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(h,1,"This is bit of text that's shown on multiple lines. This is bit of text that's shown on multiple lines.");
	var_Items.set_CellSingleLine(h,1,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.CellSingleLineEnum.exCaptionWordWrap);
	h = var_Items.AddItem("This is bit of text that's displayed on the entire item, divider.");
	var_Items.set_ItemDivider(h,0);
	var_Items.set_CellHAlignment(h,0,exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.AlignmentEnum.CenterAlignment);

485
How can I display a different column, on the control's label (method 2)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.SingleEdit = true;
excombobox1.LabelColumnIndex = 1;
excombobox1.DrawGridLines = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.GridLinesEnum.exVLines;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 1 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 1 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 2 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 2 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 3 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 3 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_SelectItem(var_Items.FirstVisibleItem,true);
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

484
How can I display a different column, on the control's label (method 1)

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.SingleEdit = true;
excombobox1.SearchColumnIndex = 1;
excombobox1.DrawGridLines = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.GridLinesEnum.exVLines;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 1") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Column 2") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellCaptionFormat,1);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 1 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 1 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 2 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 2 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_CellCaption(var_Items.AddItem("Item 3 on <b>Column 1"),1,"Item 3 on <b>Column 2");
	var_Items.set_SelectItem(var_Items.FirstVisibleItem,true);
excombobox1.EndUpdate();

410
How can I display a different caption in the label area, when I click the cell's check box

// CellStateChanged event - Fired after cell's state has been changed.
private void excombobox1_CellStateChanged(object sender, exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.HCELL   Cell)
{
	excombobox1.LabelText = Cell.ToString();
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.Items.get_CellCaption(0,Cell).ToString() );
	System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print( excombobox1.Items.get_CellState(0,Cell).ToString() );
}
//this.excombobox1.CellStateChanged += new exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.exg2antt.CellStateChangedEventHandler(this.excombobox1_CellStateChanged);

excombobox1.BeginUpdate();
excombobox1.Style = exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.StyleEnum.DropDownList;
excombobox1.IntegralHeight = true;
excombobox1.HeaderVisible = false;
excombobox1.SingleEdit = true;
excombobox1.SearchColumnIndex = -1;
excombobox1.AdjustSearchColumn = false;
(excombobox1.Columns.Add("Language") as exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Column).set_Def(exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.DefColumnEnum.exCellHasCheckBox,true);
exontrol.EXCOMBOBOXLib.Items var_Items = excombobox1.Items;
	var_Items.AddItem("English");
	var_Items.AddItem("Hebrew");
	var_Items.AddItem("Spanish");
excombobox1.LabelText = " <b>custom</b> text ";
excombobox1.EndUpdate();