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Author Select from a Combo box by the first letter of the list.
Seasider

2005-05-30, 3:55 pm

I have a combo box that will be populated with upwards of 500 entries. To
reduce the legnth of the list is it possible to just give the user a list of
the the entries beginning with 'S' if they type 'S' in the combo text box ??

Many thanks for any help.



Veign

2005-05-30, 3:55 pm

List Search:
http://vb.mvps.org/samples/project.asp?id=ListSearch

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"Seasider" <j.knight12@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> I have a combo box that will be populated with upwards of 500 entries. To
> reduce the legnth of the list is it possible to just give the user a list

of
> the the entries beginning with 'S' if they type 'S' in the combo text box

??
>
> Many thanks for any help.
>
>
>



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