Searching word in combobox list

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Hi,

In my combo box theses following items are there
Edward
isacc maria
tony Samuel
Vikram singh
Natasha raghav
krishh
Rahul krishna
When I enter kr combo will list all matching words that contains 'kr' in any position ie, combo will list vikram,krishh,rahul Krishna .

Posted 15-Jan-15 17:37pm

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ArunRajendra 15-Jan-15 23:40pm

Are you working on web, mobile or destop application?

Member 10994712 16-Jan-15 0:13am

Windows application

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Animesh Datta · Answer 1 · 2015-01-15T18:30:00

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Helllo ,
You can user Combobox AutoCompleteSource and AutoCompleteMode to achieve your goal .
A good article found : Here

Thanks

Posted 15-Jan-15 18:30pm

Animesh Datta

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Member 10994712 16-Jan-15 0:54am

But it only shows the word that starts with'kr'

Animesh Datta 16-Jan-15 1:48am

what have u set the AutoCompleteMode ?

Member 10994712 16-Jan-15 1:54am

auto complete mode is suggest

Animesh Datta 16-Jan-15 2:07am

change it to SuggestAppend and check .

Member 10994712 16-Jan-15 2:18am

changed to suggest and append...But no change

Animesh Datta 16-Jan-15 2:46am

AutoComplete used to search by Initial letter , if you want to implement autocomplete using LIKE operator then read this article . hope this helps you
http://benjsoft.blogspot.in/2011/01/winforms-implementing-autocomplete.html