Filter Combobox according to the text entered by the user

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I am working on vb.net.
I have a combobox containing IDs of Patients. eg

SQL

001,002,003,004,005,006 etc.

I want to filter the combobox.
i.e if I enter 001
I want the combobox to show only 001 and from which i can select it.!!!
Please help Soon..!!! :)

Thankss In advance

Posted 17-Jan-12 18:36pm

Cluelesssssss

Updated 17-Jan-12 19:11pm

Prasad_Kulkarni

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Solution 1

Hi,
You need fill your ComboBox when Text in the Textbox changes.

go through this-
Change the query -

Populate Combobox from dataset[^]
Populate data from database in a ComboBox[^]

Posted 17-Jan-12 20:51pm

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RDBurmon 18-Jan-12 3:01am

This is wrong way to do as per performance is also a key element in software development

Cluelesssssss 18-Jan-12 5:55am

Thank you soo much for the reply..!!!! :)

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RDBurmon · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17T21:03:00

Solution 2

Hello Cluelessssss ,

You can achieve it with below step

1) Fill "AutoCompleteCustomeSource" of combobox
2) Set "AutoCompleteMode" to "SuggestApend"
3) Set "AutoCompleteSource" to "CustomeSource"

Hope this helps
--Rahul

Posted 17-Jan-12 21:03pm

RDBurmon

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Cluelesssssss 18-Jan-12 5:56am

Thank you soo much for the reply..!!!! :)...... ur solution WORKED..!!!! Thanks a Tonn...!!!