Incremental Key Seasrch, ComboBox

[Guest]

I am trying to duplicate this functionality from VB6:

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As
Long
Private Const CB_FINDSTRING = &H14C

Private Sub cboSunday_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
Call ComboIncrementalSearch(cboSunday, KeyAscii)
End Sub

Public Sub ComboIncrementalSearch(cbo As ComboBox, KeyAscii As Integer)
Static dTimerLast As Double
Static sSearch As String
Static hWndLast As Long
Dim nRet As Long
Const MAX_KEYPRESS_TIME = 0.5

If (KeyAscii < 32 Or KeyAscii > 127) Then Exit Sub
If (Timer - dTimerLast) < MAX_KEYPRESS_TIME And hWndLast = cbo.hWnd Then
sSearch = sSearch & Chr$(KeyAscii)
Else
sSearch = Chr$(KeyAscii)
hWndLast = cbo.hWnd
End If
nRet = SendMessage(cbo.hWnd, CB_FINDSTRING, -1, ByVal sSearch)
If nRet >= 0 Then
cbo.ListIndex = nRet
End If
KeyAscii = 0
dTimerLast = Timer
End Sub

so that essentially as you type in keys in a combobox, it brings you
automatically to the closest matching item. Anyone have any example code for
that?

Thanks in advance.

Ed

 

[Guest]

If you are using .NET 2.0 take a look at the AutoCompleteMode,
AutoCompleteSource and AutoCompleteCustom properties. You don't have to use
PInvoke at all.

For a sample:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/AutoCompletion02012006113508AM/AutoCompletion.aspx

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Siva, that works perfectly.

If you are using .NET 2.0 take a look at the AutoCompleteMode,
AutoCompleteSource and AutoCompleteCustom properties. You don't have to use
PInvoke at all.

For a sample:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/AutoCompletion02012006113508AM/AutoCompletion.aspx

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

Glad to know it helped.

Thank you Siva, that works perfectly.