How to create Textbox with Suggestion Text

Here are the steps to use textbox with suggestion text input by user.

1. Drag and Drop the Textbox from Tools panel into GUI Form.





2. Design and Change the properties of the Textbox control like Name and Text Properties.





3. Right Click the form and Chose View Code.





4. Add the Form Load Events.











5. Add the following code statement inside the form load events.


 
Dim Col As New Collection
        With Col
            .Add("Philippines")
            .Add("Singapore")
            .Add("Malaysia")
            .Add("Vietname")
            .Add("Korea")
        End With


        txtCountry.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest
        txtCountry.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
        For Each item In Col
            txtCountry.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Add(item)
        Next


6. Run the Project and the out may like this.

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