Combo box control with embedded search behavior 1

[DevonTaig]

I am looking for a combo-box control that behaves just like the Internet Explorer Combobox where you type in your URL. You should be able to type in a string such as "

http://www.y",

and it finds and populates matches in the lower window (such as "

http://www.yahoo.com"

and "

http://www.yoda.com").

The lower window would shrink or grow, just like Internet Explorer does based upon the value the user typed in.

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Type ahead ability is what you are describing and there are a few examples on this site and more around the web. That gets you the

http://www.y

=

http://www.yahoo.com

part. Then there is this thread222-438535 that contains code by strongm that will get you started on the display part and with only 8 replies in the 30 threads that you have started I would like to point you to FAQ222-2244 item 15. In fact the whole FAQ222-2244 will help you get the most from this site.

Good Luck

 

[Hypetia]

You can also use the SHAutoComplete function to give a text box control the auto-complete feature, which displays a drop-down list of available options when you type in the text box.

It can complete URLs as well as file-system paths, just like Internet Explorer.
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[tt]
Private Declare Function SHAutoComplete Lib "shlwapi" (ByVal hwndEdit As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
SHAutoComplete Text1.hWnd, 0
End Sub[/tt]
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For further details, see the SHAutoComplete function.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e.../reference/shlwapi/version/shautocomplete.asp

 

[vb5prgrmr]

kieren, did these replies help any? Did you read FAQ222-2244 item 15?

Good Luck