AutoComplete TextBox Control

Question

I want to have a textbox control that suggests and append values from a database in a Windows application with C# 2008 and LINQ.

I do it with a combobox but I can\'t

Answer 1

There are two ways to accomplish this textbox effect:

Either using the graphic user interface (GUI); or with code

Using the Graphic User Interface:
Go to: "Properties" Tab; then set the following properties:

However; the best way is to create this by code. See example below.

AutoCompleteStringCollection sourceName = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();

foreach (string name in listNames)
{    
    sourceName.Add(name);
}

txtName.AutoCompleteCustomSource = sourceName;
txtName.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
txtName.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;

Answer 2

This might not be the best way to do things, but should work:

 this.textBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend;
 this.textBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;

private void textBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    TextBox t = sender as TextBox;
    if (t != null)
    {
        //say you want to do a search when user types 3 or more chars
        if (t.Text.Length >= 3)
        {
            //SuggestStrings will have the logic to return array of strings either from cache/db
            string[] arr = SuggestStrings(t.Text);

            AutoCompleteStringCollection collection = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();
            collection.AddRange(arr);

            this.textBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource = collection;
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

To AutoComplete TextBox Control in C#.net windows application using 
wamp mysql database...

here is my code..

AutoComplete();

write this **AutoComplete();** text in form-load event..

private void Autocomplete()
    {
        try
        {
            MySqlConnection cn = new MySqlConnection("server=localhost;
database=databasename;user id=root;password=;charset=utf8;");
            cn.Open();
            MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT distinct Column_Name
     FROM table_Name", cn);
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmd);
            da.Fill(ds, "table_Name");
            AutoCompleteStringCollection col = new   
            AutoCompleteStringCollection();
            int i = 0;
            for (i = 0; i <= ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count - 1; i++)
            {
                col.Add(ds.Tables[0].Rows[i]["Column_Name"].ToString());

            }
            textBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
            textBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource = col;
            textBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
            cn.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
       MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        }
    }