C#

BobJanova wrote:

I think that you are only going to be sacrificing a bit of performance, not creating subtle bugs, because the .Net hashtable will look through all the items if it doesn't get a hash hit.

csshtml wrote:

I have a question if someone can kindly refer me to a good source, on how to make a visual c # dictionary.

Bastard Programmer from Hell

System.Data.DataTable dt = new System.Data.DataTable() ;
dt.Columns.Add ( new System.Data.DataColumn ( "Word" ) ) ;
dt.Columns.Add ( new System.Data.DataColumn ( "Definition" ) ) ;

System.Data.DataRow dr ;
        
dr = dt.NewRow() ;
dr [ 0 ] = "CAT" ;
dr [ 1 ] = "Man's worst enemy" ;
dt.Rows.Add ( dr ) ;
  
dr = dt.NewRow() ;
dr [ 0 ] = "CART" ;
dr [ 1 ] = "Don't put it before the horse" ;
dt.Rows.Add ( dr ) ;
  
dr = dt.NewRow() ;
dr [ 0 ] = "COT" ;
dr [ 1 ] = "A place to rest at work" ;
dt.Rows.Add ( dr ) ;
  
this.comboBox1.DataSource = dt.DefaultView ;
this.comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Word" ;
this.comboBox1.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend ;
this.comboBox1.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.ListItems ;
this.comboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += delegate ( object sender , System.EventArgs e )
{
  this.textBox1.Text = (string) ((System.Data.DataRowView) this.comboBox1.SelectedItem) [ 1 ] ;
} ;

System.Data.DataView dv = this.cbItemName.DataSource as System.Data.DataView ;
if ( dv != null )
{
  try
  {
    dv.RowFilter = System.String.Format ( "Name LIKE '%{0}%'" , this.tbSearchText.Text ) ;

    this.tbSearchText.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window ;
  }
  catch
  {
    this.tbSearchText.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightPink ;
  }