HOWTO: Search a ListBox Control Quickly (161161)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q161161 SUMMARY
A popular item in a user interface is to "link" a text box to a list box so
the nearest match in the list box is selected when the user types text into
the text box. This technique can be implemented using pure Visual Basic
code, but the Windows API provides a quicker and easier way to do this.
REFERENCES
See the Help topic "Control Limitations" in the Visual Basic documentation.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 2/24/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbAPI kbhowto KB161161 |
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