[RESOLVED] How to make Seach in the TextBox as it did in Google TextBox

I'm using vb2005 and Ms DB Access.
Is that possible to make search as it did in Google site as it show in the pic Below

Take a look at this project.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/au..._combobox.aspx

I read the example, but I didn't understand this line of code:

vb Code:

Dim recName As DB.tblNameRow

Where do you get the values in the suggestion box ?

I wrote down the values in the item of ComboBox.
does this you mean?

You could do something like

Code:

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Try
            'Get the values from Database and Add in the Collection
            Dim aCol As New AutoCompleteStringCollection
            aCol.Add("Line1")
            aCol.Add("vbforums.com")
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource = aCol
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

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you can take a look at this
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=563154

do I have to creat DataSet and call the data from ?

is the data that you want to be in the auto complete source is from database??
or from a control.
if the data is from a combo box then it will be like this

Code:

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      TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
        For x As Integer = 0 To 100
            ComboBox1.Items.Add(x)
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(ComboBox1.Items(x))
        Next

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if else please tell us.
hope this helps

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Originally Posted by snakeman

is the data that you want to be in the auto complete source is from database??
or from a control.
if the data is from a combo box then it will be like this

Code:

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      TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
        For x As Integer = 0 To 100
            ComboBox1.Items.Add(x)
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(ComboBox1.Items(x))
        Next

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if else please tell us.
hope this helps

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In wich event of TextBox I must to insert this code?

the above CODE IS ONLY FOR TEST (PUT IT IN A BUTTON CLICK EVENT AND TRY IT)
AGAIN IT IS ONLY FOR TEST

let's say if you want the textbox autocomplete list will be the combobox values
then you can put this in the form load event:-

Code:

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      TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend

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and in the event that you use to add values to the combo box you can use:-

Code:

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TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(ComboBox1.Items(x))

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I tried the code in last previous in post #9, and it worked well with me.
I created database Ms access called "DataBaseName" with Table1 including three fileds:Name,Place,Mobile.

I inserted this code in the Form load to search the data in DataBaseName in filed "Name", but I don't know how to complete it. May help please.

vb Code:

Dim conn As New OleDbConnection()
        conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data Source =" & Application.StartupPath & "\DataBaseName.mdb "
        Dim sql As String = " Select * from Table1"
        Dim dp As New OleDbDataAdapter(sql, conn)
        Dim rs As New DataSet
        dp.Fill(rs, "Table1")
        conn.Open()
        TextBox1.Text = rs.Tables("Table1").Rows(0).Item(0)
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
        For x As Integer = 0 To 100
            rs.Tables("Table1").Columns("Name")
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(rs.Tables("Table1").Columns("Name"))
        Next
        conn.Close()

Quote:

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Originally Posted by nader

I tried the code in last previous in post #9, and it worked well with me.
I created database Ms access called "DataBaseName" with Table1 including three fileds:Name,Place,Mobile.

I inserted this code in the Form load to search the data in DataBaseName in filed "Name", but I don't know how to complete it. May help please.

vb Code:

Dim conn As New OleDbConnection()
        conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data Source =" & Application.StartupPath & "\DataBaseName.mdb "
        Dim sql As String = " Select * from Table1"
        Dim dp As New OleDbDataAdapter(sql, conn)
        Dim rs As New DataSet
        dp.Fill(rs, "Table1")
        conn.Open()
        TextBox1.Text = rs.Tables("Table1").Rows(0).Item(0)
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
        For x As Integer = 0 To 100
            rs.Tables("Table1").Columns("Name")
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(rs.Tables("Table1").Columns("Name"))
        Next
        conn.Close()

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first where is oledbcommand ???????????????/
second why you put 100 in the loop????
third why do you open and close the connection
you are not dealing with the db directly actually you are dealing with the dataset so you don't need to open and close the connection in this point
because when the adapter filled the dataset the adapter automatically opened and closed the connection
fourth what is this????????????

Code:

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            rs.Tables("Table1").Columns("Name")

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thats wrong.

this is the right thing:-

vb Code:

Dim conn As New OleDbConnection()
        conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data Source =" & Application.StartupPath & "\DataBaseName.mdb "
        Dim sql As String = " Select * from Table1"
        dim cmd as oledbcommand (sql,conn)
        Dim dp As New OleDbDataAdapter
        dp.selectcommand= cmd
        Dim rs As New DataSet
        dp.Fill(rs, "Table1")
 
        TextBox1.Text = rs.Tables("Table1").Rows(0).Item(0)
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
 
        For x As Integer = 0 To rs.tables("table1").Rows.Count - 1
            TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(rs.tables("table1").Rows(x).item("name"))
        Next

try to understand what i changed
if you didn't understand anything please tell me :)

It has succedd with me, but the first one (where the values are written in the combobox), when I load the form where I inserted the code it didn't show the data in the textbox only when I write in the textbox, but in this code ( where the values is written in the Db), whe I load the form it show the first values in the textbox how can I make it like previous code.

what do you want exactly?

Here is a pic
the frist one it show the text imeadiatley in the texbox( which use the code in the post #13), the second( which use the code in the post #9), it didn't show the text only after write in the textbox.

because i assigned a default value to the textbox.
when i was dealing with the DB i Used this :-

Code:

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      TextBox1.Text = rs.Tables("Table1").Rows(0).Item(0)

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so when dealing with the combo box :-

Code:

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        TextBox1.Text = combobox1.Items(0).ToString()

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Thank you for help!