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Return the selected contents of a multiselect list box

Return the selected contents of a multiselect list box

Below are two routines to retrieve the contents of a multiselect list box. One version is faster as it uses an API call, the other just uses properties exposed by the listbox:

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long


'Purpose     :  Returns an Array containing the selected items in a list box
'Inputs      :  lbGetItems                      The listbox to obtain the selected items from
'Outputs     :  Returns the number of select items.
'               asSelectedItems()               A string array (1 to NumItems). Where NumItems is the number of items currently selected
'Notes       :  Uses API calls and is faster than ListBoxSelectedItems2


Function ListBoxSelectedItems(lbGetItems As ListBox, asSelectedItems() As String) As Long
    Dim alIndexes() As Long, lThisItem As Long
    Const LB_GETSELITEMS As Long = &H191
    
    ListBoxSelectedItems = lbGetItems.SelCount      'Determine the number of select items
    If ListBoxSelectedItems Then
        'Fill an array with the index numbers of all the selected items
        ReDim alIndexes(ListBoxSelectedItems - 1)
        ReDim asSelectedItems(1 To ListBoxSelectedItems)
        Call SendMessage(lbGetItems.hwnd, LB_GETSELITEMS, ListBoxSelectedItems, alIndexes(0))
        'Populate the array with the listbox items
        For lThisItem = 0 To ListBoxSelectedItems - 1
           asSelectedItems(lThisItem + 1) = lbGetItems.List(alIndexes(lThisItem))
        Next
    Else
        'Clear the result array
        Erase asSelectedItems
    End If
End Function


'Purpose     :  Returns an Array containing the selected items in a list box
'Inputs      :  lbGetItems                      The listbox to obtain the selected items from
'Outputs     :  Returns the number of select items.
'               asSelectedItems()               A string array (1 to NumItems). Where NumItems is the number of items currently selected
''Notes       :  Doesn't use API calls (slower than ListBoxSelectedItems2)


Function ListBoxSelectedItems2(lbGetItems As ListBox, asSelectedItems() As String) As Long
    Dim lThisItem As Long, lItemsStored As Long
    
    ListBoxSelectedItems2 = lbGetItems.SelCount      'Determine the number of select items
    If ListBoxSelectedItems2 Then
        ReDim asSelectedItems(1 To ListBoxSelectedItems2)
        'Populate the array with the listbox items
        For lThisItem = 0 To lbGetItems.ListCount - 1
            'Test if item is selected
            If lbGetItems.Selected(lThisItem) Then
                lItemsStored = lItemsStored + 1
                'Item is selected, store it in the result array
                asSelectedItems(lItemsStored) = lbGetItems.List(lThisItem)
            End If
            If lItemsStored = ListBoxSelectedItems2 Then
                'Retrieved all the selected item
                Exit For
            End If
        Next
    Else
        'Clear the result array
        Erase asSelectedItems
    End If
End Function