Combo Fill In

Hmmm... the closest thing to a combo box doing that (that i know of) is setting the style property of the combo box to 2
when u type in the combo box it will go the the corrosponding first letter of the words in the combo box

Dim t As String
Private Sub Combo1_Change()
'this will locate the name in the combo list
t = UCase(t + Combo1.Text)
For a = 1 To Combo1.ListCount
Combo1.ListIndex = a - 1
If Left(UCase(Combo1.Text), Len(t)) = t Then
Exit For
End If
Next
End Sub

Private Sub Combo1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
' if the user press backspace, it will erase the last charater typed
' **** backspace key ****
If KeyAscii = 8 Then
t = Left(t, Len(t) - 1)
End If
End Sub

i hope this help

adcomp - Puerto Rico

Well, for this task, I always use the API function all...

Assume that the Text1 textbox is the control where the user keyin the search string.

For this method, the API will return the index where the first character of the combobox item is match with the first character in the search string (Note, it is not case sensitive)

Code:

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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 CB_ERR = (-1)
Private Const CB_FINDSTRING = &H14C

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim Idx As Long
Idx = SendMessage(Combo1.hwnd, CB_FINDSTRING, 0, ByVal CStr(Text1))
If Idx <> CB_ERR Then Combo1.ListIndex = Idx
End Sub

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Hello;

The method a post before dosent use Text boxes and will locate the first string or name with all the letters writed not just the first one.

example:

If you write "ang" it will locate the first name with "ang".

I use this method in my application and works very well.

The keyascii procedure is for detecting the backspace key. If you press the backspace and the text writed is "ang" it will change to "an" and will locate the first one with it.

adcomp - Puerto Rico

God Bless you all/ Que Dios los bendiga a todos