Autocomplete for drop down lists?

[Bob C.]

When will infopath have this basic feature???

 

[Jennifer]

are you saying that when you select an item from the drop down feature you
want other fields to populate? It does do that if you are.

 

[Bob C.]

What my users are looking for is a dropdown list that allows you to type, and
as you type characters, the items in the dropdown scroll to the item with the
same starting characters. For example:

If I have a dropdown with a list containing
Allison, Carol
Almond, Shirley,
Becker, John
Beckwith, Mary
Smith, Allison
Smith, Tom

As the user types... 'B' brings us to the beginning of the B's, and then
types 'eckw' Beckwith, Mary would be highlighted.

The current behavior is to match only the first character in the list to
each cahracter that is typed.

 

[S-Man]

Has anyone found a solution to this???

 

[Bob C.]

There is a ComboBox ActiveX from InfopathDev.com. I've tested it out, and it
seems to work. Unfortuantely, I'm looking for a DropDown style, to preserve
screen real-estate.

Give it a try.