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    how can i get the functionality in text box of auto fill, just like happen in Internet Explorer address bar,
    i want to fill the text automatically with the company name, as soon as i write the first letter of that company,
    means just the same functionality as we see in the msdn search,
    plz help
    thanks

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    Basically, you have to keep information in some sort of database, such as text file or access, and then when you type in the textbox, you have to write a sub that search through that database.

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    This kinda works if you store the list data to fill in an array.
    CommonCity would be a string array with the data and CityLetters is how many letters into the word do you want to intiate the search.

    Code:
    Private Sub Text3_KeyUp(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode <> 8 Then
    For X = 0 To 4
    If LCase(Text3.Text) = LCase(Left(CommonCity$(X), CityLetters%)) Then
    Text3.Text = CommonCity$(X)
    Text3.SelStart = CityLetters%
    SendKeys "+{End}"
    End If
    Next X
    End If
    End Sub
    ALthough if you can put the info in a database then it becomes a lot easier.
    Here is the same situation but with a database (it works better)
    deTracker is a data environment and rstbCmns is a recordset you should be able to figure the rest out.

    Code:
    Private Sub txtCity_KeyUp(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode <> 8 And Len(txtCity.Text) > 1 And Shift = 0 Then
    pWord = txtCity.Text
    On Error GoTo nomatch
    deTracker.rstbCmns.Filter = "City Like '" & pWord & "*'"
    deTracker.rstbCmns.MoveFirst
    txtCity.Text = txtCity.Text & Mid(deTracker.rstbCmns!City, Len(pWord) + 1, Len(deTracker.rstbCmns!City))
    txtCity.SelStart = Len(pWord)
    txtCity.SelLength = Len(txtCity.Text) - Len(pWord)
    nomatch:
    ElseIf Shift = 1 Then
    txtCity.SelStart = Len(pWord)
    txtCity.SelLength = Len(txtCity.Text) - Len(pWord)
    End If
    End Sub

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