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Limiting checked items of TCheckListBox on Delphi


I want to limit a TCheckListBox. I desire only 2 items should be checked, and all unchecked items will be disabled and grayed. Since the checked / unchecked items are dynamic, i can not use a static itemIndex.

Here is what i tried, but i got "Out of chip bounds" error.

On click event of my CheckListBox ;

var
  NumberOfCheckedItems, I: Integer;
begin
  NumberOfCheckedItems := 0;
  for I := 0 to CkLst1.Count - 1 do
  begin
    if CkLst1.Checked[I] then
      NumberOfCheckedItems := NumberOfCheckedItems + 1;
  end;
  if NumberOfCheckedItems > 1 then
  begin
    CkLst1.Checked[I] := Enabled;
    CkLst1.Enabled := FALSE;
    CkLst1.AllowGrayed := TRUE;
  end
  else
  begin
    //no idea
  end;
end;

Solution

  • This method should do the job

    procedure DoCheckListBox( AChkLb : TCheckListBox; AMaxCheck : Integer );
    var
      LIdx : Integer;
      LCheckCount : Integer;
    begin
      // counting
      LCheckCount := 0;
      for LIdx := 0 to AChkLb.Count - 1 do
      begin
        if AChkLb.Checked[LIdx] then
          if LCheckCount = AMaxCheck then
            AChkLb.Checked[LIdx] := False
          else
            Inc( LCheckCount );
      end;
      // enable/disable
      for LIdx := 0 to AChkLb.Count - 1 do
        AChkLb.ItemEnabled[LIdx] := AChkLb.Checked[LIdx] or ( LCheckCount < AMaxCheck );
    end;
    

    UPDATE

    You better call this inside TCheckListBox.OnClickCheck event instead of OnClick event. A double-click can affect the check-state but OnClick is not called. OnClickCheck is called whenever the check-state changes.