Searching in ComboBox/ListBox

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Hi there
Can anybody teel me how to make a search function like in MSDN or the other products of Microsoft
What I mean is
When we type a letter 'P', everythings that begin with 'P' will show up in the first line of the box
When we type a letter 'Put', everythings that begin with 'Put' will show up in the first line of the box

The code is welcome
Thanks

J

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

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

Ken
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Hi there !
Can anybody teel me how to make a search function like in MSDN or the other products of Microsoft ?
What I mean is :
When we type a letter 'P', everythings that begin with 'P' will show up in the first line of the box.
When we type a letter 'Put', everythings that begin with 'Put' will show

up in the first line of the box.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Can anybody teel me how to make a search function like in MSDN or the other products of Microsoft ?
What I mean is :
When we type a letter 'P', everythings that begin with 'P' will show up in the first line of the box.
When we type a letter 'Put', everythings that begin with 'Put' will show up in the first line of the box.

Sort the items in the listbox (property 'Sorted'), then use its
'FindString' method to find the item and set its 'TopIndex' property to
the item number returned by 'FindString'.