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  1. #1
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    Access like Combo box

    hello everybody,
    Does anyone knows a control or workaround to get MS Access like combo box.I want to display multiple columns when dropped down however after selecting the item it should display value from only one column.

    Vinayak Sapre

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    Re: Access like Combo box

    Hi

    Someone asked the same question last month - here's a snippet of my reply :

    <snip>
    I found a sample on the Net at

    http://www.zebra.net/~adrianm/pages/samples.htm

    Alhough I haven't downloaded it yet.

    You can also take a look at

    http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/ddtoolwn/ddtoolwn.htm

    - which shows how to create a drop down window out of anything.

    Both of these examples require some knowledge of subclassing.
    </snip>

    I'd recommend looking into the vbaccelerator code, it allows any control to be a drop down
    window - you could quite easily use a listview / msflexgrid to accomplish what
    you need.

    Regards

    Chris Eastwood

    CodeGuru - the website for developers
    http://www.codeguru.com/vb



  3. #3
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    Re: Access like Combo box

    You may consider APEX True DBList and TrueDBCombo.

    I hate to use them because multi-colomns don't look standard Windows GUI but they do what you want! If you like it...

    http://www.apexsc.com


  4. #4
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    Re: Access like Combo box

    Thanks Chris,
    I checked the web site the samples were more than what I wanted. I really appreciate the help.

    Vinayak

    Vinayak Sapre

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