Prevent a dropdown box from autoselecting if value pre-exists

[Carrion]

I have a dropdown box, with the on key press event, dropping down the list. When a selection is made, other fields auto fill. The field is the acronym for a group. In the list the group name is also displayed. What I need is to be able to both, enter an acronym have the list scroll down to the closest match, and only fill in the group name field, if I manually select the acronym in the list. This allows me to enter a new group name that has the same acronym as another pre existing group, and not auto fill the group name field with a name I don't want.

 

[PCLewis]

Check the AutoExpand property of your combo box. You want it to be false.

 

[Carrion]

Oh, it is. That only prevents it from predicting what I am typing. I defenetly don't want that either, incase we have one group with the acronym "OSPI", and then we get another with "OSP". Thanks though.