Some textboxes that I use on the web have a function where they
remember the previous entries that have been typed into them, and
either show the user in the form of a dropdown or complete the spelling
of the users entry:

is there a way to use the registery to do the above?
i suppose to make a textbox dropdown the 5 most recent entries is gonna
be either impossible or involve a lot of API calls - any workaround
ideas out there?

Don't know why you would need to use the registry; you could create a range
in your workbook - on a hidden sheet if needed - and store the last 5
selections there. You would need, of course, to maintain this list (every
time user makes a selection, update it and also check for duplicates, etc.)
but it does not seem to be to hard to implement, to me.

"jase" wrote:

Some textboxes that I use on the web have a function where they
remember the previous entries that have been typed into them, and
either show the user in the form of a dropdown or complete the spelling
of the users entry:

is there a way to use the registery to do the above?
i suppose to make a textbox dropdown the 5 most recent entries is gonna
be either impossible or involve a lot of API calls - any workaround
ideas out there?

is there a property that a text box has to show a dropdown of these 5
selections: or are you talking more of a sort of autocomplete type of
textbox? : or are you suggeting using another type of control?

help appreciated

Jason

K Dales wrote:
Don't know why you would need to use the registry; you could create a range
in your workbook - on a hidden sheet if needed - and store the last 5
selections there. You would need, of course, to maintain this list (every
time user makes a selection, update it and also check for duplicates, etc.)
but it does not seem to be to hard to implement, to me.

"jase" wrote:

Some textboxes that I use on the web have a function where they
remember the previous entries that have been typed into them, and
either show the user in the form of a dropdown or complete the spelling
of the users entry:

is there a way to use the registery to do the above?
i suppose to make a textbox dropdown the 5 most recent entries is gonna
be either impossible or involve a lot of API calls - any workaround
ideas out there?

Roedd <<jase wedi ysgrifennu:

Some textboxes that I use on the web have a function where they
remember the previous entries that have been typed into them, and
either show the user in the form of a dropdown or complete the
spelling of the users entry:

is there a way to use the registery to do the above?
i suppose to make a textbox dropdown the 5 most recent entries is
gonna be either impossible or involve a lot of API calls - any
workaround ideas out there?

If you don't mind distributing an extra control with your app:

http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/CodeDownload/19794

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having a lot of trouble moving this .exe file around - gets flagged as
a virus all over the place!
any other ideas fells?

help appreciated
Jason