Databound Combobox Cannot Lose Focus
Jan 11, 2010been struggeling with this issue for quite some time now. I`ve got aan combobox on a detailform.
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Private Sub TextBox10_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox10.LostFocus
Me.Validate()
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However I am getting errors no matter what I try to do to get the combo box to clear.
cboSubSystem.SelectedIndex = -1
cboSubSystem.DataSource = Nothing
Call cboSubSystem.Items.Clear()
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Private Sub SetStateComboBox()
'set autocomplete for combobox
state_cmbx.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend[code]....
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Private Sub SetStateComboBox()
'set autocomplete for combobox
state_cmbx.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend[code]....
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The code is as follows:
[CODE] Private Sub ClientComboBox_Leave(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientComboBox.Leave
Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim dsClients As New DataSet
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Public Class IndexedDropDownItem
Private _KeyCode, _Display As String
Public Property KeyCode() As String
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Its starting to be Quite Irritating That it is dosen't seem to be affected by:
ComboBox1.ResetText()
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Here is some
Private Sub TakeOrders_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'PROJECT4DataSet.Items' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
Me.ItemsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.PROJECT4DataSet.Items)
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I bound the data onto the combo box like this:
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I invite you to try the following:-
1. Create a form and put some text boxes a tool strip with a save button on it.
2. Write a query or sproc to get a datatable back and bind your text boxes to the field in the datatable.
3. In the code behind your Save ToolStripButton put some code that makes an arbitrary change to a field on the dataset (it doesn't matter whther this field is bound to a text box or not). eg:-
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i'm avoiding a listbox because the suggest/append creates a nicer interface while they are typing as it shows possible matches.