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[messup000]

Ok I am working on creating a Coldfusion/HTML editor and I would like to make it similar to VB

In the respect if I start typing something like < it will open a droplist like in VB.

I can have it open the droplist and have it positioned by the word BUT what I don't know what to do is this:

everytime I press a key it searches the droplist for the closest match
when I press tab(like in vb) make it add <body(for example) and subtract the text added sofar.

If you have any idea how to do this PLEASE help me this could definatly help html/ColdFusion editors and I will release it once it is complete. I will also give credit to whoever helps me with this because they would deserve it.

Thank you

~Robert

[bmahler]

get the length of what they typed and then search through you list for any items that begin with that string ie
users types "inc"
length = 3 so do a loop through your list and get any results that begin with inc you can do this with instr and Left

InStr(1, "inc", Left(listItem, 3), vbTextCompare)

[messup000]

Ok well I figured it out. Its not quite done but heres initially what I did

I created a second form that would put any keys written in the textbox on the first form into the second forms textbox. Sort of like a keylogger for the program. Then I set it so that it would clear the text if the user pressed the space bar or enter. So now the text will read each word seperatly. It would read the word then search for the word in the listbox. If it didn't find the word the list box would stay invisible. If it did the listbox would appear. Then if they wanted the user could press the TAB button and the rest of the word would appear on the textbox in the first form.