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SetListItemHeight – Change the height of items in a ListBox or ComboBox control

SetListItemHeight – Change the height of items in a ListBox or ComboBox control

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal _    hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _    lParam As Any) As LongConst LB_SETITEMHEIGHT = &H1A0Const CB_SETITEMHEIGHT = &H153' Set the height in pixels of each entry in a ListBox or ComboBox controlSub SetListItemHeight(ctrl As Control, ByVal newHeight As Long)    Dim uMsg As Long    If TypeOf ctrl Is ListBox Then        uMsg = LB_SETITEMHEIGHT    ElseIf TypeOf ctrl Is ComboBox Then        uMsg = CB_SETITEMHEIGHT    Else        Exit Sub    End If    ' (only the low-order word of lParam can be used.)    SendMessage ctrl.hwnd, uMsg, 0, Byval CLng(newHeight And &HFFFF&)    ' It is necessary to manually refresh the control.    ctrl.RefreshEnd Sub

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