ColumnCount Property

Applies To

ComboBox control, ListBox control.

Description

Specifies the number of columns to display in a list box or combo box.

Syntax

object.ColumnCount [= Long]

The ColumnCount property syntax has these parts:

Part

Description

object

Required. A valid object.

Long

Optional. Specifies the number of columns to display.


Remarks

If you set the ColumnCount property for a list box to 3 on an employee form, one column can list last names, another can list first names, and the third can list employee ID numbers.

Setting ColumnCount to 0 displays zero columns, and setting it to -1 displays all the available columns. For an unbound data source, there is a 10-column limit (0 to 9).

You can use the ColumnWidths property to set the width of the columns displayed in the control.

See Also

Column property, ColumnHeads property, ColumnWidths property.

Example

See the Column property example.

Example

See the ColumnWidths property example.