Visual Basic, Type in drop down boxes

Type in drop down boxes

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Rod Hewi #1 / 4	Type in drop down boxes Quote: >We are trying to use a text box that will allow a person to type in >more than just the first letter, and have it scroll through the entire >list. Using the combo box, we can type in the first letter, but we >need people to type an entire string and have it search that string >(like the Search box in Help). Any suggestions? This list has helped >me tremendously, and I am extremely greatfull for it. Take a look at November 95 VBPJ (for VB3) or the January 96 edition for VB4. There is example code in both of these to handle this case. Regards, Rod
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Scott Charlto #2 / 4	Type in drop down boxes We are trying to use a text box that will allow a person to type in more than just the first letter, and have it scroll through the entire list. Using the combo box, we can type in the first letter, but we need people to type an entire string and have it search that string (like the Search box in Help). Any suggestions? This list has helped me tremendously, and I am extremely greatfull for it. -Scott Charlton
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

ljbar.. #3 / 4	Type in drop down boxes Quote: >>We are trying to use a text box that will allow a person to type in >>more than just the first letter, and have it scroll through the entire >>list. Using the combo box, we can type in the first letter, but we >>need people to type an entire string and have it search that string >>(like the Search box in Help). Any suggestions? This list has helped >>me tremendously, and I am extremely greatfull for it. > Take a look at November 95 VBPJ (for VB3) or the January 96 edition > for VB4. There is example code in both of these to handle this case. > Regards, > Rod Use the "SendMessage" API function with CB_FINDSTRING or CB_FINDSTRINGEXACT Lawrence Bartel
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

alpi #4 / 4	Type in drop down boxes Quote: >We are trying to use a text box that will allow a person to type in >more than just the first letter, and have it scroll through the entire >list. Using the combo box, we can type in the first letter, but we >need people to type an entire string and have it search that string >(like the Search box in Help). Any suggestions? This list has helped >me tremendously, and I am extremely greatfull for it. >-Scott Charlton If I understand you correctly you need to search for an intire string in a list box. The code below will search the list with each additional character entered, getting more specific with each character entered. In the Text1 Key Down event place this code. Check = LEN(LTRIM$(Text1.Text)) 'get the length of the string in Text1 CheckText$ = LTRIM$(Text1.Text) 'get just the non null characters in Text1 FOR i = 0 TO List1.ListCount - 1 'set the counter to check each item in the list List1.ListIndex = i IF LEFT$(List1.List(i), Check) = CheckText$ THEN 'check the item aginst Text1 EXIT FOR 'if the string is found stop search END IF NEXT i I hope this will help. Good Luck, Bryan
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

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