-import string
 from wxPython.wx import *
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         wxPanel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
 
         sampleList = ['zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five',
+                      ##'this is a long item that needs a scrollbar...',
                       'six', 'seven', 'eight']
 
         wxStaticText(self, -1, "This example uses the wxComboBox control.",
         wxStaticText(self, -1, "Select one:", wxPoint(15, 50), wxSize(75, 18))
         cb = wxComboBox(self, 500, "default value", wxPoint(90, 50), wxSize(95, -1),
                         sampleList, wxCB_DROPDOWN)#|wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER)
+        ##import win32api, win32con
+        ##win32api.SendMessage(cb.GetHandle(),
+        ##                     win32con.CB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT,
+       ##                     200, 0)
+
         EVT_COMBOBOX(self, 500, self.EvtComboBox)
         EVT_TEXT(self, 500, self.EvtText)
         EVT_TEXT_ENTER(self, 500, self.EvtTextEnter)
         cb = wxComboBox(self, 501, "default value", wxPoint(90, 80), wxSize(95, -1),
                         [], wxCB_SIMPLE)
         for item in sampleList:
-            cb.Append(item, string.upper(item))
+            cb.Append(item, item.upper())
         EVT_COMBOBOX(self, 501, self.EvtComboBox)
         EVT_TEXT(self, 501, self.EvtText)