Search Textbox with dropdown in vb.net

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i want to create a drop-down textbox somthing like Google search engine, means when type a letter to the textbox it will show the words starting with that letter in drop down.
suppose if type ‘a’ into textbox then textbox suggest all words starting with letter ‘a’ in drop down. Suggested words can retrieve from ms access database.

how to make that process in vb.net 2008

Posted 26-Jul-13 19:47pm

Sanjith S

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_Amy 27-Jul-13 1:48am

Asp.net or Winforms? Please tag your question accordingly.

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When you want to do something like this, the first thing to do is find out what it is called, and look on Google. The feature you are looking for is called Autosuggest, and Google has a lot of info: vb.net auto suggest textbox[^]

Posted 26-Jul-13 19:54pm

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_Amy · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-26T19:53:00

Solution 1

Refer the links below:
Winform:
AutoComplete Textbox[^]
AutoComplete TextBox In WinForms Windows Forms Application[^]
Asp.Net:
ASP.Net AJAX Control Toolkit AutoCompleteExtender[^]
Jquery Autocomplete Textbox With Asp.net Web Service[^]

--Amit

Posted 26-Jul-13 19:53pm

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