Combobox List using like statement

[edgarbenilde]

Hi! can someone give me idea and how?

i want my combobox when i type letter all item has the letter i have typen will show in the combobox.... because in the current situation in vb .net when i type "A" all item that start from a will display i want this time when i a letter "A" all those have the letter "A" will display..

is it posible? how to do? please give me sample program and idea

[jmcilhinney]

It's not possible with the standard ComboBox control. You'd have to find a third-party auto-complete combo box control on the web and then customise it to behave that way. It shouldn't be too hard to find a freebie. I'd start looking at The Code Project.

[edgarbenilde]

jmcilhinney, thanks for your responce.. anyway i don't know what kind of third party is it... can you give me the name of the software?

[jmcilhinney]

There are two parties involved in your development. You are the first party and Microsoft, who provide the IDE, is the second party. A third-party tool is anything that you haven't created yourself and Microsoft hasn't provided with the IDE.

I have no specific third party in mind. You may have heard of the World Wide Web. It lets you search for things. You might find it useful in this case.