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  • June 23, 2009
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


SCREEN SECTION.
          03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                LINE 49.5
                COL 10
                .

PROGRAMMING SECTION.
           MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
              "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
              GIVING RTN-CODE.
           MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
              "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
              GIVING RTN-CODE.



-Chris

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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Making the reservation that I have not seen the .def file here, my bet is that AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem is an enumerate member, e.g. it is a numeric constant, not a string (which you indicate by surrounding it with double qoutes).

    Check the def file, and see if this tag (AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem) is followed by a number. If so, remove the double quotes and it might work.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Making the reservation that I have not seen the .def file here, my bet is that AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem is an enumerate member, e.g. it is a numeric constant, not a string (which you indicate by surrounding it with double qoutes).

    Check the def file, and see if this tag (AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem) is followed by a number. If so, remove the double quotes and it might work.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Making the reservation that I have not seen the .def file here, my bet is that AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem is an enumerate member, e.g. it is a numeric constant, not a string (which you indicate by surrounding it with double qoutes).

    Check the def file, and see if this tag (AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem) is followed by a number. If so, remove the double quotes and it might work.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Gisle;
    Those are both parts of their respective enumerations, and I tried them both without quotes, and with the actual value (1, in the case of System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.FileSystem), and I still haven't had any luck. I added a TextBox to a form in VB, and specified only the following:


    Me.TextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
    Me.TextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.FileSystem
    Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 20)


    The autocomplete worked as expected. The part that I find a bit perplexing is that I do actually get the TextBox on the form (under AcuCOBOL), it just behaves as though I had not set the autocomplete properties.

    -Chris
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Would simplify things if you could post a small example (just the cobol source and the def file please).
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Would simplify things if you could post a small example (just the cobol source and the def file please).
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Would simplify things if you could post a small example (just the cobol source and the def file please).
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    I attached a program that displays a window with the control on it, and the DEF file. The copybooks that I used are all the standard ones that comes with the runtime (in the AcuGT\\sample\\def directory).

    Thanks,
    -Chris
    1 Attachments
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    I attached a program that displays a window with the control on it, and the DEF file. The copybooks that I used are all the standard ones that comes with the runtime (in the AcuGT\\sample\\def directory).

    Thanks,
    -Chris
    1 Attachments
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    I attached a program that displays a window with the control on it, and the DEF file. The copybooks that I used are all the standard ones that comes with the runtime (in the AcuGT\\sample\\def directory).

    Thanks,
    -Chris
    1 Attachments
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    I will take a look at it when I find time.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    The following code will autocomplete filepaths when run.

    Make sure you have AcuToNet and Marshal properly registered, compile and run.

    Type C: in the form entry, allow the system to catch up, and a combo will pop up, listing directories and files in C:

           IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
           PROGRAM-ID. TxForm.
           ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
           CONFIGURATION SECTION.
           SPECIAL-NAMES.
               COPY "FORMS.DEF".
               .
           DATA DIVISION.
           WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
           77  CNTL-FONT                USAGE HANDLE OF FONT SMALL-FONT.
           77  ERROR-SOURCE             PIC X(30).
           77  ERROR-DESCRIPTION        PIC X(50).
           77  ERROR-HELP-FILE          PIC X(200).
           77  ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT       USAGE UNSIGNED-LONG.
           COPY "ACTIVEX.DEF".
           SCREEN SECTION.
           01  MAIN-SCREEN.
               03 hTextBox              "@System.Windows.Forms"
                  NAMESPACE             "System.Windows.Forms"
                  CLASS-NAME            "TextBox"
                  LINE                  2
                  COL                   2.
               03 PUSH-BUTTON           "Exit"
                  EXCEPTION-VALUE       32
                  COL                    5.
           PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           DECLARATIVES.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION             SECTION.
               USE     AFTER            EXCEPTION ON OBJECT.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION-HANDLER.
               CALL    "C$EXCEPINFO"    USING
                       ERROR-INFO
                       ERROR-SOURCE
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       ERROR-HELP-FILE
                       ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT.
               DISPLAY MESSAGE          BOX
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       TITLE            "Object Error!"
               GOBACK
           END DECLARATIVES.
           MAIN SECTION.
           MAIN-001.
               DISPLAY STANDARD         GRAPHICAL WINDOW
                       TITLE            "Windows form Autocomplete demo"
                       FONT             CNTL-FONT
                       BACKGROUND-LOW
                       SIZE             80
                       LINES            25.
               DISPLAY MAIN-SCREEN
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                       @AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend).
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                       @AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem).
               ACCEPT  MAIN-SCREEN.
               DESTROY hTextBox.
               STOP RUN.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    The following code will autocomplete filepaths when run.

    Make sure you have AcuToNet and Marshal properly registered, compile and run.

    Type C: in the form entry, allow the system to catch up, and a combo will pop up, listing directories and files in C:

           IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
           PROGRAM-ID. TxForm.
           ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
           CONFIGURATION SECTION.
           SPECIAL-NAMES.
               COPY "FORMS.DEF".
               .
           DATA DIVISION.
           WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
           77  CNTL-FONT                USAGE HANDLE OF FONT SMALL-FONT.
           77  ERROR-SOURCE             PIC X(30).
           77  ERROR-DESCRIPTION        PIC X(50).
           77  ERROR-HELP-FILE          PIC X(200).
           77  ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT       USAGE UNSIGNED-LONG.
           COPY "ACTIVEX.DEF".
           SCREEN SECTION.
           01  MAIN-SCREEN.
               03 hTextBox              "@System.Windows.Forms"
                  NAMESPACE             "System.Windows.Forms"
                  CLASS-NAME            "TextBox"
                  LINE                  2
                  COL                   2.
               03 PUSH-BUTTON           "Exit"
                  EXCEPTION-VALUE       32
                  COL                    5.
           PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           DECLARATIVES.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION             SECTION.
               USE     AFTER            EXCEPTION ON OBJECT.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION-HANDLER.
               CALL    "C$EXCEPINFO"    USING
                       ERROR-INFO
                       ERROR-SOURCE
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       ERROR-HELP-FILE
                       ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT.
               DISPLAY MESSAGE          BOX
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       TITLE            "Object Error!"
               GOBACK
           END DECLARATIVES.
           MAIN SECTION.
           MAIN-001.
               DISPLAY STANDARD         GRAPHICAL WINDOW
                       TITLE            "Windows form Autocomplete demo"
                       FONT             CNTL-FONT
                       BACKGROUND-LOW
                       SIZE             80
                       LINES            25.
               DISPLAY MAIN-SCREEN
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                       @AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend).
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                       @AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem).
               ACCEPT  MAIN-SCREEN.
               DESTROY hTextBox.
               STOP RUN.
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    The following code will autocomplete filepaths when run.

    Make sure you have AcuToNet and Marshal properly registered, compile and run.

    Type C: in the form entry, allow the system to catch up, and a combo will pop up, listing directories and files in C:

           IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
           PROGRAM-ID. TxForm.
           ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
           CONFIGURATION SECTION.
           SPECIAL-NAMES.
               COPY "FORMS.DEF".
               .
           DATA DIVISION.
           WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
           77  CNTL-FONT                USAGE HANDLE OF FONT SMALL-FONT.
           77  ERROR-SOURCE             PIC X(30).
           77  ERROR-DESCRIPTION        PIC X(50).
           77  ERROR-HELP-FILE          PIC X(200).
           77  ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT       USAGE UNSIGNED-LONG.
           COPY "ACTIVEX.DEF".
           SCREEN SECTION.
           01  MAIN-SCREEN.
               03 hTextBox              "@System.Windows.Forms"
                  NAMESPACE             "System.Windows.Forms"
                  CLASS-NAME            "TextBox"
                  LINE                  2
                  COL                   2.
               03 PUSH-BUTTON           "Exit"
                  EXCEPTION-VALUE       32
                  COL                    5.
           PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           DECLARATIVES.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION             SECTION.
               USE     AFTER            EXCEPTION ON OBJECT.
           OBJECT-EXCEPTION-HANDLER.
               CALL    "C$EXCEPINFO"    USING
                       ERROR-INFO
                       ERROR-SOURCE
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       ERROR-HELP-FILE
                       ERROR-HELP-CONTEXT.
               DISPLAY MESSAGE          BOX
                       ERROR-DESCRIPTION
                       TITLE            "Object Error!"
               GOBACK
           END DECLARATIVES.
           MAIN SECTION.
           MAIN-001.
               DISPLAY STANDARD         GRAPHICAL WINDOW
                       TITLE            "Windows form Autocomplete demo"
                       FONT             CNTL-FONT
                       BACKGROUND-LOW
                       SIZE             80
                       LINES            25.
               DISPLAY MAIN-SCREEN
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                       @AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend).
               MODIFY  hTextBox         "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                       @AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem).
               ACCEPT  MAIN-SCREEN.
               DESTROY hTextBox.
               STOP RUN.
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Gisle;
    Thank you! I just realized that the only problem with the code I had written in the first place is that I was doing the "MODIFY" before I displayed the screen. I changed my original program to do the MODIFY after the screen had been displayed, and it worked. Now to figure out how to get it to auto-complete using my own custom list.

    Thanks!
    -Chris
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Gisle;
    Thank you! I just realized that the only problem with the code I had written in the first place is that I was doing the "MODIFY" before I displayed the screen. I changed my original program to do the MODIFY after the screen had been displayed, and it worked. Now to figure out how to get it to auto-complete using my own custom list.

    Thanks!
    -Chris
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    Gisle;
    Thank you! I just realized that the only problem with the code I had written in the first place is that I was doing the "MODIFY" before I displayed the screen. I changed my original program to do the MODIFY after the screen had been displayed, and it worked. Now to figure out how to get it to auto-complete using my own custom list.

    Thanks!
    -Chris
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 June 2009]

    I would like to be able to put a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete on a form. I thought I would be able to do it by placing the .NET TextBox control on my form, but although I can get the TextBox to appear, and I set the properties to make it autocomplete, it doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone successfully done something like this? I created a .NET DEF file using netdefgen and System.Windows.Forms.dll


    SCREEN SECTION.
              03 TEXTBOX-HANDLE, "@System.Windows.Forms"
                    NAMESPACE is "System.Windows.Forms",
                    CLASS-NAME is "TextBox",
                    FILE-PATH is "bin\\forms.xml"
                    LINE 49.5
                    COL 10
                    .

    PROGRAMMING SECTION.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteMode"(
                  "@AutoCompleteMode_SuggestAppend")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.
               MODIFY TEXTBOX-HANDLE "set_AutoCompleteSource"(
                  "@AutoCompleteSource_FileSystem")
                  GIVING RTN-CODE.



    -Chris
    While the compiler does allow it, and your application will execute, setting properties to a control before it is instantiated will have no effect.

    Obviously, I should have caught this too, but nobody's perfect :-)

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