Re: specifying selected item in a listbox

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From: Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (hirf-spam-me-here_at_gmx.at)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: 26 Feb 2004 22:45:36 +0100

Cor,

* "Cor" <non@non.com> scripsit:
>> Dim i As Integer = Me.ListBox1.FindString(Me.TextBox1.Text)
>> If i = ListBox.NoMatches Then
>> Me.ListBox1.SelectedIndex = -1
>> Else
>> Me.ListBox1.SelectedIndex = i
>> End If
>> End Sub
>> ///
>
> This is kicking,
>
> Some (maybe what longer) time ago I got every time a messages from
> Herfried.
>
> "Better is findstringexact"
>
> But very much "better" is
>
> \\\
> me.listbox1.SelectedIndex = Me.ListBox1.FindStringexact(Me.TextBox1.Text)
> ///
>
> I would not have written this if I had not seen that findstringexact

I used 'FindString' because it allows to search for parts of the string.

If there are items...

Cor
Corina
Corinna
Corrina
Corrinna

... typing "Corr" into the textbox will select "Corrina". 

-- 
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/>

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