How to make autocompleting textbox in vb6 like this one?

Question

hey all,
well i want to have an autocompleting textbox like the one in the image below:
this screenshot is from an accounting software. whenever the user focuses on a textbox and starts typing something the suggestions just popup under the control (as seen in the image under the Purc type textbox).This autosuggest functionality even works in the cells of the grid shown in the picture.Moreover the fields in which this autosuggest is enabled allows only values from the autosuggest list to be filled up and nothing else.
i want to emulate similar functionality in my app in vb6. so if you could please guide me in the right direction i would be very grateful.
thanks in advance to all those who take out time to reply.

Answer 1

Checkout the AutoComplete Text Box at FreeVBCode.com.

Another option is at VBNet. The article shows how to use shlwapi.dll api.

Answer 2

What I've typically done is do what is included in the project link by C-Pound Guru. Take a TextBox and as the user types into the field have a ListBox fill with results matching the text. The ListBox would by default be hidden but will be made visible when text is entered into the field. When the ListBox is clicked then simply update the TextBox with the ListBox's selected item text then hide the ListBox control again. A quite simple routine to complete.

Answer 3

VBAccelerator is an excellent site for VB6 tips - try their AutoComplete sample