Simple combobox question on text and selected value

[Brian Henry]

say I have a databound combo box, which allows for text entry still
(DropDownStype = DropDown in this case).

now, If the user doesn't enter manually an item in the data bound list,
nothing should be selected of course, but I want if a user enters an item
that is in the list already, to select it, and only if the item is a
complete match to what they typed to be selected. This is kind of like an
auto complete scenerio, but allows for custom input of data that may or may
not be already in the data table. How would I get it to select the item
already in the list if it is entered? When I enter text that matches the
item, it highlights the item in the data table based list, but the selected
value does not seem to change and does not fire the selected item changed
event. I have another list of data bound to the selected value of this list,
so if I have the number "123a" in the list and i type in 123a it doesnt fire
the changed event and cause my other list to populate, but if i click on
"123a" in the list the other list populates... any solutions to this?
thanks!

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Brian,

You mean that while typing wherever and than in a keyup event you want to
use the combobox findstring and set the index to the result item from that?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...mwindowsformscomboboxclassfindstringtopic.asp

In this case you would not use the findstringexact

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Brian Henry]

that helped thanks

Brian,

You mean that while typing wherever and than in a keyup event you want to
use the combobox findstring and set the index to the result item from
that?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...mwindowsformscomboboxclassfindstringtopic.asp

In this case you would not use the findstringexact

I hope this helps,

Cor