autocomplete textbox like google

[nil]

Hello all,

It's urgent...

i want to add autocomplete textbox facility in my application like
google. as you type it suggests option to the user..i want the same
kind of facility...i know i can do only with ajax(xml and javascript)
but i want to fetch possible values from database and want to show as
the user types in text box.

i've searched on the net and i found some articles but i don't want to
use any dll file they provide but i want to use simple code and
javascript...if anyone has any idea then please provide me code
snippet or provide some link that do not contains the component
like .dll file and only simple code..
the help will be appreciated...

Thanks & Regards,
Nil

 

[RobinS]

nil,
I have seen this message in at least 3 newsgroups.

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.adonet
microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

If you want to post a message to multiple groups, please cross-post them
instead of multi-posting them. This means you post it to all three at the
same time. When you do this, any response in one group is displayed in the
other groups. That way, if you get an answer, people know they can spend
their time helping somebody else.

Thanks,
Robin S.

 

[aaron.kempf]

MS Access has this functionality built in.

it is called a 'combobox'

Vb6 and VB.net don't support this functionality; sorry

 

[lord.zoltar]

i want to add autocomplete textbox facility in my application like
google. as you type it suggests option to the user..i want the same
kind of facility...i know i can do only with ajax(xml and javascript)
but i want to fetch possible values from database and want to show as
the user types in text box.

i've searched on the net and i found some articles but i don't want to
use any dll file they provide but i want to use simple code and
javascript...if anyone has any idea then please provide me code
snippet or provide some link that do not contains the component
like .dll file and only simple code..
the help will be appreciated...

You say you can only use JavaScript? this is a VB .NET group. You
might be better off posting in a JavaScript group.
Even so... This sort of thing is possible in compiled VB .NET
applications. You get the data that you want from the database, use it
as the DataSource for the combo box. There's also a property you have
to set which controls the auto-complete method (there's a few, can't
recall them all).

 

[nil]

You say you can only use JavaScript? this is a VB .NET group. You
might be better off posting in a JavaScript group.
Even so... This sort of thing is possible in compiled VB .NET
applications. You get the data that you want from the database, use it
as the DataSource for the combo box. There's also a property you have
to set which controls the auto-complete method (there's a few, can't
recall them all).

Thanks a lot for prompt reply and i posted here as the problem is
passing data from db and passing them to javascript array and how to
do that i don't know that?so please help me if you can