; 1. Get the currently selected index
    invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_GETCURSEL, 0, 0
    cmp     eax, CB_ERR
    je      .no_selection   ; Exit if nothing is selected
    mov     ebx, eax        ; Save the index in ebx (ensure ebx is preserved if in a stdcall proc)

    ; [Optional] Retrieve item data to preserve it across the recreation
    ; invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_GETITEMDATA, ebx, 0
    ; push    eax             ; Temporarily save data on the stack

    ; 2. Delete the old item
    invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_DELETESTRING, ebx, 0

    ; 3. Insert the new string at the exact same position
    ; Unlike CB_ADDSTRING, CB_INSERTSTRING bypasses the CBS_SORT style and forces the exact index.
    invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_INSERTSTRING, ebx, szNewName

    ; [Optional] Restore the item data to the newly created string
    ; pop     eax
    ; invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_SETITEMDATA, ebx, eax

    ; 4. Reselect the item at the index
    invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_SETCURSEL, ebx, 0

.no_selection:    

;this work good
tmpBufr db 80 dup(0)


macro comboRenameTxt c { local .jj

invoke SendMessage,[c],CB_GETCURSEL,dword 0,0
    cmp     eax, CB_ERR
    je      .jj
mov ebx,eax
invoke SendMessage,[ComboName], WM_GETTEXT,64 ,tmpBufr
invoke SendMessage,[c],CB_DELETESTRING,ebx,0


invoke SendMessage,[c],CB_INSERTSTRING,ebx,tmpBufr
invoke  SendMessage, [c], CB_SETCURSEL, ebx, 0
.jj:
} 
    

CB_DIR        = 0x0145

; Directory Drop List (DDL_) flags used by CB_DIR (ComboBox), LB_DIR (ListBox)
DDL_READWRITE = 0x0000 ; includes files with no additional attributes
DDL_READONLY  = 0x0001
DDL_HIDDEN    = 0x0002
DDL_SYSTEM    = 0x0004
DDL_DIRECTORY = 0x0010
DDL_ARCHIVE   = 0x0020
DDL_DRIVES    = 0x4000 ; includes mapped drives
DDL_EXCLUSIVE = 0x8000 ; only includes files with the specified attributes

section '.data' data readable writeable
    szSearchPattern db 'C:\Windows\*.dll', 0

section '.text' code readable executable
    ; ...
    
    ; Populate combobox with read-only files and archives matching the pattern
    invoke  SendMessage, [hComboBox], CB_DIR, DDL_READONLY or DDL_ARCHIVE, szSearchPattern
    cmp     eax, CB_ERR
    je      .error_invalid_path     ; -1, path was invalid or no files were found
    cmp     eax, CB_ERRSPACE
    je      .error_out_of_memory    ; -2, insufficient memory to store the strings
; if successful, eax contains the zero-based index of the last item added.