TextBox & ComboBox Autocomplete

TextBox & ComboBox Autocomplete

• Kosmo007

  thank you
  

• smadhu

  I know that and I use it

  but I want a control like the combo box in microsoft access whe you set that values to be fetched from a table and you use strict to menu the user can type in the text section of the combo but in this control you can't do that

  
  

• gpugelni

  Hmm, Windows already has a control to do this: ComboBox with DropDownStyle = DropDownList. Why reinvent the wheel
  
  
  
  

• David Hanzelka

  - No not working for combobox

  - I want It for a textbox as stanalone component

  - and also for combo box with dropdownstyle set to drop down

  my question still unanswered

  
  

• davidjmsdn

  thank you rkimble this is what I want

  but can you make me a little example how I can do this in code

  
  

• Havoc the Humble

  Handle the Validating event for the control. In this handler, check to see if the autocomplete source contains the text in the control. If not, set e.Cancel = True.

  This will force the user to select an item that exists in the autocomplete source while still allowing them to type in the value.

  
  
  

• luckymaheshwari

  if you mean a combobox on its own and the textbox being the field in the combobox then yes...

  Select the combobox properties.

  Set the "AutoCompleteMode" to suggestappend

  set the AutoCompleteSource to CustomSource

  I think you can do this for the textbox control itself too but not exactly sure how to bind it to the combobox list. I hope however this gives you a starting point

  
  
  

• Wei Ming

  Sure, but can you tell me what your autocomplete source is

  If you're using the CustomSource then the code could be as simple as:

  Private Sub TextBox1_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.Validating
  If Not Me.TextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Contains(Me.TextBox1.Text) Then
  e.Cancel = True
  End If
  End Sub

  
  
  
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