Linking a text box to a list box

[Gimpster]

I would like to create a list box similar to those in help files where you have a list of all available topics, and then you have a text box at the top, and as you type it highlights any matching entries. How would you do this? Please give code, if you can. Thank you.

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Ryan
corneslen@hotmail.com
ICQ# 47799046


[This message has been edited by Gimpster (edited 11-05-1999).]

[Yonatan]

There's a function which does this which is built into the ListBox. Unfortunately, it isn't built into the Visual Basic ListBox. But you can still use it, indirectly:

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

Private Const LB_FINDSTRING = &H18F

Private Sub Text1_Change()
List1.ListIndex = SendMessage(List1.hWnd, LB_FINDSTRING, -1, ByVal Text1.Text)
End Sub

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Yonatan
Teenage Programmer
E-Mail: RZvika@netvision.net.il
ICQ: 19552879 (http://www.icq.com/19552879)

[This message has been edited by Yonatan (edited 11-05-1999).]

[Gimpster]

Thanks, it works great!

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Ryan
corneslen@hotmail.com
ICQ# 47799046