DBCombo - Won't search...

Hi DanFosyer
Try this it worked for me

Put the following code in the combo...

Private Sub cboAccess_KeyUp(Index As Integer, KeyCode As _
                            Integer, Shift As Integer)
   Call cboAddChar(cboAccess(Index), KeyCode, Shift)
End Sub

and put the following code in a module ....

Public Function cboAddChar(pComboListBox As Object, pKey As Integer, pShift As Integer) As Long
' This function will check to see if the text value of the combo
' box is equal to any of the list items.  The list will be check
' only if the shiftstate is not control or alt and if the key is
' a control character

   Dim lResult As Long
   
   On Error GoTo Err_cboAddChar
   lResult = -1
   Select Case pKey
      Case 0 To 31
      Case vbKeyEnd, vbKeyHome, vbKeyLeft, vbKeyUp, _
           vbKeyRight, vbKeyInsert, vbKeyDelete

         If pShift = 2 Then 'control key pressed
            lResult = cboSelString(pComboListBox)
         End If

      Case Else

         If pShift < 2 Then 'shift key or none
            lResult = cboSelString(pComboListBox)
         End If
   End Select
   
   cboAddChar = lResult
   
   Exit Function
   
Err_cboAddChar:
   Select Case Err.Number
      Case Else
         cboAddChar = -1
         Exit Function
   End Select
End Function

Public Function cboSelString(pComboListBox As Object) As Long
'this function works like a quick fill in Quicken. This function is called
'in a change event of a combobox and finds the item in the list based on the
'first characters that the user types. If it finds a match, the user's input
'is left unhighlighted while the remaining characters are highlighted.

   Dim nIndex As Long
   Dim cSearch As String
   Dim cFound As String
   
   ' get the contents in input box
   cSearch = LTrim(pComboListBox.Text)    

   nIndex = SendMessage(pComboListBox.hwnd, CB_FINDSTRING, -1, _
                        cSearch)

   If (nIndex <> -1) Then           ' -1 means found nothing
      pComboListBox.ListIndex = nIndex 'display the found item
      cFound = pComboListBox.List(nIndex)
      If (Len(cFound) >= Len(cSearch)) Then 'highlight remainder
         pComboListBox.SelStart = Len(cSearch)
         pComboListBox.SelLength = Len(cFound) - Len(cSearch)
      End If
   End If
   cboSelString = nIndex     'returns -1 if not found, else returns index
End Function


good luck

Craig