Multicolumn Combobox with Autocomplete - Visual Basic , VB.NET

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Multicolumn Combobox with Autocomplete
Author: Claudio Di Flumeri
E-mail: Click to e-mail author
Website: http://www.mtgc.net
Submitted: 11/4/2004
Version: VB.NET
Compatibility: VB.NET
Category: Controls
Downloads: 17791
Me and my colleague Massimiliano Silvestro have developed a combobox control derived from the base combobox supplied with VS.NET. This combobox has some interesting features like - Multiple Column (for now, max 4) with configurable widths - Flat look similar to the XP combobox - Highlight combobox border and arrow on MouseEnter and GotFocus events - Autocomplete text written in the text area, basing on first column values - Overriden DropDownStyle property to manage autocomplete feature with DropDownList style - Loading the combobox via MTGCComboboxItem or through a DataTable - Custom colors for border (highlighted and not), arrow, dropdownlist grid etc. - Custom designer used to disable/enable properties at design time, managing verbs etc. In the attached .zip file you will find the source code of the control, a simple application that shows the features of the control, am html file with some examples on how to load data in the combobox.

Multicolumn Combobox with Autocomplete - Visual Basic, VB