Combo Box

[nasreen]

Dear Friends,

Is there any idea to make VB Combo box to select an item by typing the first two or three letters.

The VB combo box select item with first letter only.

For example, I have a combo box added all country names. Now I want to select India by typing first two or three letters IN,China by typing CH, Sudan by typing SU etc.

In the normal case VB combo box, if we type IN it selects a country name starting with N.

So is there any idea to get this option in VB Combo box or is any third party combo box with this facility is available ?


Regards
Nasreen

[incidentals]

this is normally done by capturing the input and running down the combobox until the first matching occurance

so when you type at the combo box

the change event triggers a search down the box for the first word starting with what you typed in

does that help or do you ned more

please rate my posts if they help

here to talk

[RhinoBull]

It sounds like you need autocomplete combo - take a look at these samples:

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=5944
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...lete-combobox/
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...t=autocomplete

...many others...

[nasreen]

this is normally done by capturing the input and running down the combobox until the first matching occurance

so when you type at the combo box

the change event triggers a search down the box for the first word starting with what you typed in

does that help or do you ned more

please rate my posts if they help

here to talk

Could you please explain your idea by help of a sample code ?

[nasreen]

It sounds like you need autocomplete combo - take a look at these samples:

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=5944
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...lete-combobox/
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...t=autocomplete

...many others...

Hi Rhinobull.

I think the links directed by you are applicable for normal combo box ie. Style 0 (Dropdown combo), but in the case of style 2 (Dropdown List) it arise some error.

In my projecct I need this auto complete system in Style 2 (Dropdown List) that forces user to select listed items only.

Regards,
Nasreen

[LaVolpe]

Give the forum a quick search for: auto-complete combo or autocomplete combo
You should get more examples to look at

[RhinoBull]

Hi Rhinobull.

I think the links directed by you are applicable for normal combo box ie. Style 0 (Dropdown combo), but in the case of style 2 (Dropdown List) it arise some error.

In my projecct I need this auto complete system in Style 2 (Dropdown List) that forces user to select listed items only.

Regards,
Nasreen

Try something as simple as this:

Private Sub Combo1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    If Not KeyAscii = 13 Then
        SendKeys "%{DOWN}"
    End If
End Sub