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12-23-2003, 01:32 PM

BoSelecta

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combo box question

I thought that someone had something on this same topic posted earlier but I haven't been able to find it. Basically what I have is a combo box that is populated by a database field. I want the user to be able to start typing and have the combo box scroll to the entry which I currently have working. However, if they type something that doesn't exist in the combo box I want it to send a message asking if they want to add a new record to the database. I've got a list box that does this but want to do this with the combo box. Does anyone have a link to an explanation on how to do this?
Thanks

12-23-2003, 02:13 PM

Optikal

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You will have to write this functionality yourself, as far as I know its not provided with VB. Or to save you alot of trouble, you can buy a 3rd party combobox control with the features you desire.

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12-23-2003, 02:26 PM

thingimijig

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could you work this into your code?

Code:

Private Sub Text1_Change()
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer

For i = 0 To Combo1.ListCount - 1
If Left(Combo1.List(i), Len(Text1.Text)) <> Text1.Text Then
x = x + 1
End If
Next i

If x = Combo1.ListCount Then
MsgBox "Nothing matching" 
End If

End Sub

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