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Multicolumn Combobox?

Posted by: Phil Weber, VB MVP
This post applies to Visual Basic .NET 2002/2003

I see from our referrer logs that many people are coming here seeking information on multicolumn combo boxes (thanks to Ian's question). Here's the scoop...

No, the .NET Framework does not include a multi-column combobox (alternate spelling to help Googlers find us!), but it does provide everything you need to create one. Here are a couple of shared-source implementations:

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Controls/ListBox_and_ComboBox/Icon_ComboBox/article.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/multicolumncombo.asp

Published Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:47 AM by vbfaq
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Comments

 

Scott McCulloch said:

Can you recommend an asp.net one?
April 28, 2004 2:01 AM
 

Greg Robinson said:

Janus has a nice one we are using for Windows Forms
April 28, 2004 5:19 AM
 

Phil Weber said:

Scott: It's not free, but this one looks good: http://www.intersoftpt.com/webcombo2/. Anyone else care to recommend a multicolumn dropdown list for ASP.NET?
May 4, 2004 12:07 AM
 

Jeff Schubert said:

How about a free one for VB6? Are there any?
May 28, 2004 9:16 AM
 

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