Combobox for historical entries

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I am trying to implement a clone of the url combobox in IE. As you type a
string in the combobox it drops down and shows historical entries that were
previously entered that match the typed string. The only problem is that when
I set the DroppedDown property to true the Text that was being typed is wiped
out with the first entry in the drop down list. I tried setting the text
property with a saved version of the entered text after setting DroppedDown
to true, but that caused some kind of infinite loop in the combobox control.
How do I keep the value I was typing and show the matching values in the drop
down? Am I even using the correct approach/control?

Thanks,
Norman

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/autocomplete_combobox.asp

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...mpleGuid=30138e02-c2c3-41cd-bc6a-09bc8fd2860b

Ken
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I am trying to implement a clone of the url combobox in IE. As you type a
string in the combobox it drops down and shows historical entries that were
previously entered that match the typed string. The only problem is that
when
I set the DroppedDown property to true the Text that was being typed is
wiped
out with the first entry in the drop down list. I tried setting the text
property with a saved version of the entered text after setting DroppedDown
to true, but that caused some kind of infinite loop in the combobox control.
How do I keep the value I was typing and show the matching values in the
drop
down? Am I even using the correct approach/control?

Thanks,
Norman