"B.Good" <bgoodeno@spammed.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to create an option where a user is able select from a list of
> options.
> The user will be presented with a text box which they can freely type in.
> What I would like to do is provide a button to the side of this text box
> which would open a list from a table in SQL in a popup. Once the user
> selects the option from the list, that option would then populate the Text
> Box and the popup would disapear.
> For instance... the Text Box might be asking for a Fruit. The user can
> freely Type in whatever fruit they like (Banana), but if they choose, they
> could click the button to obtain a list of fruits....such Apple, Orange,
or
> Strawberry. I only want the text of what they select to be copied...I
don't
> plan on any associations with IDs...this is a matter of convenience to the
> user, but I don't want to limit them to a list either.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>

"skilesare" <z@s.com> wrote in message
news:746dncPSAbcKH2GiRVn-hw@texas.net...
> I don't have the code handy, but one of our developers here developed a
> control that has both a text box and a ddl. When you type in the text
box,
> java script on the page finds the closest match in the ddl and sets the
> focus. It works roughly the same.
>
> -Austin
>
> "B.Good" <bgoodeno@spammed.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OVkROgW1DHA.2676@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am trying to create an option where a user is able select from a list
of
> > options.
> > The user will be presented with a text box which they can freely type
in.
> > What I would like to do is provide a button to the side of this text box
> > which would open a list from a table in SQL in a popup. Once the user
> > selects the option from the list, that option would then populate the
Text
> > Box and the popup would disapear.
> > For instance... the Text Box might be asking for a Fruit. The user can
> > freely Type in whatever fruit they like (Banana), but if they choose,
they
> > could click the button to obtain a list of fruits....such Apple, Orange,
> or
> > Strawberry. I only want the text of what they select to be copied...I
> don't
> > plan on any associations with IDs...this is a matter of convenience to
the
> > user, but I don't want to limit them to a list either.
> >
> > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>