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Microsoft: Active Server Pages (ASP) FAQ

ASP 101

Searchable combo boxes

faq333-2295

Posted: 7 Aug 02 (Edited 8 Aug 02)

I didn't think this could be done on the web but I have recently found a posting about it and thought it may be of use to other users.

The problem is how do you make a combo box react like a combo box in vb so that you can start typing the option you are looking for and the selected option moves to the first option that matches all the characters typed

I found the following at http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=478708

Another solution at MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/code/default.asp?url=/msdn-files/026/002/303/Source%20Files/listbox_htm.asp

A couple of things to note regarding the first one

using backspace removes the last letter from the string and thus can remove all letters to start the search again

the search string is reset when the combo gets focus again

I have used the first one and found it very useful(my users were always complaining about how the combo boxes operate on our intranet site...but not any more)

Andy

P.S. A solution to a similar problem in vbscript and can be found at Thread333-109000

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