+void wxComboBox::MSWDoPopupOrDismiss(bool show)
+{
+ wxASSERT_MSG( !HasFlag(wxCB_SIMPLE),
+ wxT("can't popup/dismiss the list for simple combo box") );
+
+ // we *must* set focus to the combobox before showing or hiding the drop
+ // down as without this we get WM_LBUTTONDOWN messages with invalid HWND
+ // when hiding it (whether programmatically or manually) resulting in a
+ // crash when we pass them to IsDialogMessage()
+ //
+ // this can be seen in the combo page of the widgets sample under Windows 7
+ SetFocus();
+
+ ::SendMessage(GetHwnd(), CB_SHOWDROPDOWN, show, 0);
+}
+