combobox - C# / C Sharp

Alvo von Cossel I

hi,

i have a combobox in a form. i want the user to be able to type in
something, do something else and then when he/she wants to type something
into the combobox, they have the thing they typed earlier as an autocorrect
option. how do i do this?

can you please help?

cheers

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Alvo von Cossel I of Germany

Nov 17 '05 #1

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]

Alvo,

Do you mean AutoComplete? Like in textboxes in HTML forms? In .NET
2.0, you would want to take a look at the AutoCompleteSource and
AutoCompleteMode properties on the ComboBox class. It is possible in .NET
1.1, but there is a lot of interop code you need to do it, and I wouldn't
recommend doing it on your own unless you really have to.

Hope this helps.
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hi,

i have a combobox in a form. i want the user to be able to type in
something, do something else and then when he/she wants to type something
into the combobox, they have the thing they typed earlier as an
autocorrect
option. how do i do this?

can you please help?

cheers

--
Alvo von Cossel I of Germany

Nov 17 '05 #2

Alvo von Cossel I

hi,

thanks for the tip. it works!

i am as happy as happy can be! and i owe it all to you. my software is now
complete!

cheers mate!
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Alvo von Cossel I of Germany
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

Alvo,

Do you mean AutoComplete? Like in textboxes in HTML forms? In .NET
2.0, you would want to take a look at the AutoCompleteSource and
AutoCompleteMode properties on the ComboBox class. It is possible in .NET
1.1, but there is a lot of interop code you need to do it, and I wouldn't
recommend doing it on your own unless you really have to.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Alvo von Cossel I" <Al************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:88**********************************@microsof t.com...
hi,

i have a combobox in a form. i want the user to be able to type in
something, do something else and then when he/she wants to type something
into the combobox, they have the thing they typed earlier as an
autocorrect
option. how do i do this?

can you please help?

cheers

--
Alvo von Cossel I of Germany

Nov 17 '05 #3

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