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  #1  
Old June 15th, 2006, 05:35 PM
egidio.caldeira@gmail.com
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Hi,

I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
choices.

I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
letter "A", how can i do this?

Thanx!

JECaldeira


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Old June 15th, 2006, 05:45 PM
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On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
> choices.
>
> I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
> list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
> letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
> letter "A", how can i do this?
>
> Thanx!
>
> JECaldeira[/color]

Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
--
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  #3  
Old June 15th, 2006, 06:15 PM
egidio.caldeira@gmail.com
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fredg wrote:[color=blue]
> On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
> > choices.
> >
> > I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
> > list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
> > letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
> > letter "A", how can i do this?
> >
> > Thanx!
> >
> > JECaldeira[/color]
>
> Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
> Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
> --
> Fred
> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]

It doesn't work :(

The AutoExpand property is already set to Yes (And i have tried with No
too)...

What happens is that if the user click 2 times the letter A it appear
"aa", and how i don't have any row with beginnig aa, it don't appear
anything.

What i want is, i have for example:

customer
client
capa
courting
cluster

if i click one time in "c" it goes to customer, but if i click the 2nd
time it will go to client... and so long... in spite of appear in the
combo cccc

  #4  
Old June 15th, 2006, 06:15 PM
egidio.caldeira@gmail.com
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fredg wrote:[color=blue]
> On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
> > choices.
> >
> > I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
> > list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
> > letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
> > letter "A", how can i do this?
> >
> > Thanx!
> >
> > JECaldeira[/color]
>
> Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
> Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
> --
> Fred
> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]

It doesn't work :(

The AutoExpand property is already set to Yes (And i have tried with No
too)...

What happens is that if the user click 2 times the letter A it appear
"aa", and how i don't have any row with beginnig aa, it don't appear
anything.

What i want is, i have for example:

customer
client
capa
courting
cluster

if i click one time in "c" it goes to customer, but if i click the 2nd
time it will go to client... and so long... in spite of appear in the
combo cccc

  #5  
Old June 15th, 2006, 06:25 PM
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On 15 Jun 2006 11:17:29 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> fredg wrote:[color=green]
>> On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
>>> choices.
>>>
>>> I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
>>> list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
>>> letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
>>> letter "A", how can i do this?
>>>
>>> Thanx!
>>>
>>> JECaldeira[/color]
>>
>> Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
>> Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
>> --
>> Fred
>> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
>> I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]
>
> It doesn't work :(
>
> The AutoExpand property is already set to Yes (And i have tried with No
> too)...
>
> What happens is that if the user click 2 times the letter A it appear
> "aa", and how i don't have any row with beginnig aa, it don't appear
> anything.
>
> What i want is, i have for example:
>
> customer
> client
> capa
> courting
> cluster
>
> if i click one time in "c" it goes to customer, but if i click the 2nd
> time it will go to client... and so long... in spite of appear in the
> combo cccc[/color]

That's not the way a combo box works!
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Old June 15th, 2006, 06:35 PM
egidio.caldeira@gmail.com
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fredg wrote:[color=blue]
> On 15 Jun 2006 11:17:29 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
>[color=green]
> > fredg wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
> >>> choices.
> >>>
> >>> I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
> >>> list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
> >>> letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
> >>> letter "A", how can i do this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanx!
> >>>
> >>> JECaldeira
> >>
> >> Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
> >> Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
> >> --
> >> Fred
> >> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> >> I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]
> >
> > It doesn't work :(
> >
> > The AutoExpand property is already set to Yes (And i have tried with No
> > too)...
> >
> > What happens is that if the user click 2 times the letter A it appear
> > "aa", and how i don't have any row with beginnig aa, it don't appear
> > anything.
> >
> > What i want is, i have for example:
> >
> > customer
> > client
> > capa
> > courting
> > cluster
> >
> > if i click one time in "c" it goes to customer, but if i click the 2nd
> > time it will go to client... and so long... in spite of appear in the
> > combo cccc[/color]
>
> That's not the way a combo box works!
> --
> Fred
> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]


oh! :( ok... i thout it could be possible to do!

Thanx anyway! :)

JECaldeira

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Old June 15th, 2006, 06:55 PM
Cilla
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egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> fredg wrote:[color=green]
> > On 15 Jun 2006 11:17:29 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > fredg wrote:
> > >> On 15 Jun 2006 10:39:44 -0700, egidio.caldeira@gmail.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I have some comboboxes in my DB, that has a big list of possible
> > >>> choices.
> > >>>
> > >>> I Want that the user could use the keyboard to "navigate" along the
> > >>> list... for example: if i use the key A, in spite of writting the
> > >>> letter AAA... it will choose the diferent options that begins by the
> > >>> letter "A", how can i do this?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanx!
> > >>>
> > >>> JECaldeira
> > >>
> > >> Set the combo box AutoExpand property to Yes.
> > >> Each additional letter entered will further narrow down the list.
> > >> --
> > >> Fred
> > >> Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> > >> I do not reply to personal e-mail
> > >
> > > It doesn't work :(
> > >
> > > The AutoExpand property is already set to Yes (And i have tried with No
> > > too)...
> > >
> > > What happens is that if the user click 2 times the letter A it appear
> > > "aa", and how i don't have any row with beginnig aa, it don't appear
> > > anything.
> > >
> > > What i want is, i have for example:
> > >
> > > customer
> > > client
> > > capa
> > > courting
> > > cluster
> > >
> > > if i click one time in "c" it goes to customer, but if i click the 2nd
> > > time it will go to client... and so long... in spite of appear in the
> > > combo cccc[/color]
> >
> > That's not the way a combo box works!
> > --
> > Fred
> > Please respond only to this newsgroup.
> > I do not reply to personal e-mail[/color]
>
>
> oh! :( ok... i thout it could be possible to do!
>
> Thanx anyway! :)
>
> JECaldeira[/color]

Just a quick note, to continue to use the keyboard after getting to the
first letter of a group that have the same first letter, have the user
uses the arrow keys.

  #8  
Old June 15th, 2006, 11:35 PM
w_a_n_n_a_l_l_ -@-_s_b_c_g_l_o_b_a_l._n_e_t
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A listbox control will do exactly what you want. Use it instead of a
combobox. In fact, you can right-click the combobox and convert it to a
listbox.
 

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