Description

Adds a string that is specified by itemString to the list view user control that is specified by userControlID.

Strings are added to the end of the list view, unless the -insert flag is provided, in which case, the string is inserted at the index specified.

For multi-column list views, this command sets the value of the first column. To set subsequent column values, call the setListViewItemText command.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

addListViewItem userControlID "itemString"[-insert integer]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`userControlId`	integer	yes	ID of User Control to operate on.
`itemString`	string	yes	String to add to the List View.

Flags

Name	Flag arguments	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`insert`	1	integer	—	Specifies the zero based index in which to insert the string. If this flag isn't specified, the item is appended to the end of the list.

Return value

integer

Returns the index that the item was inserted at.

Examples

// Demonstrate usage of a List View User Control
int $windowID, $listViewID, $formID;
 
// Destroy window if it already exists
if( `windowExists "ListViewTesting"` == true )
{
     destroyWindow "ListViewTesting";
}
// Create window and list view and position them
$windowID = `createWindow "ListViewTesting"`;
$formID = `getTopLevelForm $windowID`;
$listViewID = `createListView $windowID -form $formID -checkBoxes`;
setControlAnchor $listViewID "left" "left" 3;
setControlAnchor $listViewID "top" "top" 3;
setControlAnchor $listViewID "right" "right" 3;
setControlAnchor $listViewID "bottom" "bottom" 3;
 
// Create the columnsstring $columns[3];
int $widths[3];
$columns[0] = "Name";
$columns[1] = "Age";
$columns[2] = "Gender";
$widths[0] = 150;
$widths[1] = 50;
$widths[2] = 100;
setListViewColumns $listViewID $columns $widths;
 
// Add some items to the list view. The text we supply is for the 
// first column.
// We supply text for subsequent columns using setListViewItemText
addListViewItem $listViewID "Bob";
addListViewItem $listViewID "Mary";
addListViewItem $listViewID "Jim";
addListViewItem $listViewID "Ann";
 
// Set additional details
setListViewItemText $listViewID 0 1 "50";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 0 2 "Male";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 1 1 "32";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 1 2 "Female";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 2 1 "21";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 2 2 "Male";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 3 1 "44";
setListViewItemText $listViewID 3 2 "Female";
 
// Set the check box to true for the males.
setListViewItemCheck $listViewID 0 true;
setListViewItemCheck $listViewID 2 true;
 
// Change Bob's name
setListViewItemText $listViewID 0 0 "Ken";
 
// Select Mary and Jim 
selectListViewItem $listViewID 2 true;
selectListViewItem $listViewID 1 true;

// Print out some of what we just did
print( `getListViewSelItems $listViewID` );
print( `getListViewItemText $listViewID 1 2` );
print( `getListViewItemCheck $listViewID 1` );
print( `getListViewItemCheck $listViewID 0` );
layoutForm $formID;

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