VFP 6 Drop Down Search as User Types

[cafulford]

Hi, I am completely new to VFP and have been asked to look at some code that was written years ago and try to add drop down search capability. I really have no idea on where to start.

In this case it will be when a user starts typing in the product #, a box appears below the entry that lists all of the products that begin with the first digit entry, then narrow accordingly as the user types additional digits.

I know practically nothing about VFP 6 so the more detailed you could be the more helpful.

Thanks in advance for any help that is given.

 

[cafulford]

Thanks so much for your help Mike and Imaginecorp. I was actually able to get the auto complete working pretty much the way I was hoping.

Charlie

 

[Imaginecorp]

Charlie:
Thanks goes to Mike Gagnon, (I just posted his code)
This does not work like the Google search etc. When the Combobox opens ("drops down" to display choices) the "auto-complete" ceases to work. For that you need to program. Can also be done with a Textbox and a Popup. It is really not too dificult or complicated...

 

[cafulford]

Mike/Imaginecorp,

Do you have any examples of a popup or textbox code that I could use as a baseline to try? It would be great to get it working like Google search.

Thanks,

Charlie