How to set the default value to nothing when using the dropdownlis

[Eduardo78]

I would like to set the default value of a combobox to "nothing" or spaces
when my form loads. I am using the dropdown list property becasue i want the
end-user to select only values listed in the combobox. Also keeping the
property that when a user enters a letter the cursor goes to the records
starting with that letter.

Right now when the form loads all the comboboxes have already a value, and I
do not it to behave like that, I also tried using the dropdown property, but
this one lets the user enter other values which are not in the list.

Any suggestion?

Thanks a lot.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Eduardo78" <Ed*******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I would like to set the default value of a combobox to "nothing" or spaces
when my form loads. I am using the dropdown list property becasue i want
the
end-user to select only values listed in the combobox. Also keeping the
property that when a user enters a letter the cursor goes to the records
starting with that letter.

Set the combobox's 'SelectedIndex' property to -1 to clear the selection.

<URL:http://groups.google.de/groups?q=dotnet+combobox+autocomplete>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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[Eduardo78]

Thankyou a lot, just what I was looking for.

Thanks again Herfried.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Eduardo78" <Ed*******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I would like to set the default value of a combobox to "nothing" or spaces
when my form loads. I am using the dropdown list property becasue i want
the
end-user to select only values listed in the combobox. Also keeping the
property that when a user enters a letter the cursor goes to the records
starting with that letter.

Set the combobox's 'SelectedIndex' property to -1 to clear the selection.

<URL:http://groups.google.de/groups?q=dotnet+combobox+autocomplete>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>