Drop down consists of many items

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I am facing weird kinda situation. I have form which consists of 6 Fields among which 1 is drop down list. Now i have filled that drop down from another table but problem is that the Drop Down consists loads many items (ComplaintID) and can extent further. So what can be the solution instead of using Drop down or trimming it or anything.

You really should try and further filter that list. – Anthony Horne Apr 30 '14 at 10:05 — Anthony Horne, Apr 30 '14 at 10:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '14 at 10:04

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have you tried a listbox? that lets you scroll so doesn't matter how many items really

answered Apr 30 '14 at 10:04

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actually i want to see whole record for confirmation – user3518032 Apr 30 '14 at 10:44
You could add columns to the ListBox [link]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.listbox.multicolumn(v=vs.110).aspx or you could use a DataGridView depending on what technology you're using. – Neville Bamshoot Apr 30 '14 at 10:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Apr 30 '14 at 10:15

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