Visual Basic: Windows Controls
FindItem Method (ListView Control)
Finds and returns a reference to a ListItem object in a ListView control.
Syntax
object.FindItem (string, value, index, match)
The FindItem method syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
| object | Required. An object expression that evaluates to a ListView control. |
| string | Required. A string expression indicating the ListItem object to be found. |
| value | Optional. An integer or constant specifying whether the string will be matched to the ListItem object's Text, Subitems, or Tag property, as described in Settings. |
| index | Optional. An integer or string that uniquely identifies a member of an object collection and specifies the location from which to begin the search. The integer is the value of the Index property; the string is the value of the Key property. If no index is specified, the default is 1. |
| match | Optional. An integer or constant specifying that a match will occur if the item's Text property is the same as the string, as described in Settings. |
Settings
The settings for value are:
| Constant | Value | Description |
| lvwText | 0 | (Default) Matches the string with a ListItem object's Text property. |
| lvwSubitem | 1 | Matches the string with any string in a ListItem object's SubItems property. |
| lvwTag | 2 | Matches the string with any ListItem object's Tag property. |
The settings for match are:
| Constant | Value | Description |
| lvwWholeWord | 0 | (Default) An integer or constant specifying that a match will occur if the item's Text property begins with the whole word being searched. Ignored if the criteria is not text. |
| lvwPartial | 1 | An integer or constant specifying that a match will occur if the item's Text property begins with the string being searched. Ignored if the criteria is not text. |
Remarks
If you specify Text as the search criteria, you can use lvwPartial so that a match occurs when the ListItem object's Text property begins with the string you are searching for. For example, to find the ListItem whose text is "Autoexec.bat", use:
'Create a ListItem variable.
Dim itmX As ListItem
'Set the variable to the found item.
Set itmX = ListView1.FindItem("Auto",,,lvwpartial)