"TnCoder" <TnCoder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi;
> I have an application that is using vb.net on a windows ce device. I am
> binding a large amount of records (10k+) to a combobox. It takes forever
to
> load. Currently I am binding the data at startup of the application. What
I
> would like to do is have the application start and let the user be doing
> other things in the program while this one combobox loads. The combobox
> itself isn't used often, so I could get by without loading it at startup.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advace for the help
>
> Dale
>
>

"Jim Underwood" wrote:

> My advice? Dont use a combo box for over 100 records (even that is pushing
> it). A combo box is a poor tool for displaying large numbers of items.
> With that many it becomes virtually unusable. If the user need to select
> between 10,000 items then query the database when the user needs the data,
> and let the user search for a record by specifying a search string.
> Especially for soemthign that isnt used often.
>
>
> "TnCoder" <TnCoder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FCE56064-6FEB-4144-A227-756767E723EF@microsoft.com...
> > Hi;
> > I have an application that is using vb.net on a windows ce device. I am
> > binding a large amount of records (10k+) to a combobox. It takes forever
> to
> > load. Currently I am binding the data at startup of the application. What
> I
> > would like to do is have the application start and let the user be doing
> > other things in the program while this one combobox loads. The combobox
> > itself isn't used often, so I could get by without loading it at startup.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks in advace for the help
> >
> > Dale
> >
> >
>
>