Hi there,
I have got a question about the search behaviour in a Combobox. I have got a Combo Box which is filled from a DataSet. There is an ID and a Value. I set cmb.ValueMember = "id" and cmb.DisplayMember = "value". eg. id=UZ value=usbekistan (german spelling). If I get into the box and type UZ it completes to usbekistan which is what I expected and wanted to have. But now I have id=US and value=Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. If I type US it completes to Usbekistan.
Is it possible to configure the Combobox that only the ids will be matched and not what I use as values?
Regards,
Anja
Hi Anja,
No, the Combo will always search the DisplayMember field first, and then look in the ValueMember field only if it did not find a match.
You might want to consider creating your own custom combo control. This isn't as difficult as it might sound. What you do is create an UltraTextEditor control and add a DropDownEditorButton to the ButtonsRight collection. Then you can put a WinGrid on the form and assign it as the Control property of the DropDownEditorButton. You will have to handle some events to control what happens when the user selects a row in the grid and such, but this way you could completely control the searching behavior.
Hi Mike,
we are also facing the same problem, Can we get the AutoComplete feature in this customised combo (TextEditor + Grid) as well?
Thanks,
Sandeep
No, there's really no exposed way to modify the AutoComplete behavior.
one more query, Can we customize the Auto Complete feature in a UltraCombo?
You would have to implement it yourself, but I see no reason why it could not be done.