How to find string within ComboBox in .NET Compact Framework

Introduction

The compact framework has not a method for find a string in the combo box, but native code has support. So we can bring that feature by doing P/Invoke into our application.

C# code

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public const int CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT = 0x0158;

[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
internal static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, int wParam, string lParam);

private void FindStringExact(string find)
{
int m = SendMessage(comboBox1.Handle, CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT, 0, find + "\0");
if (m > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("string is found ");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("string not found");
}
}

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Thank you

RRaveen