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2002C Databases/ Data Access/ DAO/ ADO #9195

Text Box Auto Fill

This simple code allows to make an auto-filled textbox (like an adress box in IE). This example uses an DataEnvironment connection, but it can be easy used in any other cases.

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Private Sub txtSTREET_KeyUp(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
Dim PrevLength  As Integer, PrevStart As Integer
If Not KeyCode >= 65 Then Exit Sub
If firstcome Then firstcome = False: Exit Sub
  With DataEnvironment.Connection1.Execute("SELECT ADDRESS from tblFlats WHERE UCASE(ADDRESS) like '" & UCase(Me.txtSTREET) & "%'")
    If Not .EOF Then
      If Not Me.txtSTREET = "" Then
        PrevStart = Len(Me.txtSTREET) + 1
        PrevLength = -Len(Me.txtSTREET) + Len(!ADDRESS)
        Me.txtSTREET.SelStart = PrevStart
        Me.txtSTREET.SelLength = PrevLength
        Me.txtSTREET.SelText = Mid$(!ADDRESS, Len(Me.txtSTREET) + 1)
        Me.txtSTREET.SelStart = PrevStart - 1
        Me.txtSTREET.SelLength = PrevLength
      End If
    'Else
      'MsgBox "The entered fragment is not found in the list!"
      'Me.STREET = ""
    End If
  End With
End Sub
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