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Autocomplete

Posted by Paul Walia (jinhotty) on February 22, 2002 at 4:02 PM

> Hi all,

> I would like to implement something like a listfield in ACCESS. Like when you start typing in a text field possible matches from a database select autocomplete while you type.

> Is something like that doable in java?

> thanks for your help, Peter

you could simply use a key event , that is onkey released you invoke a method to check for familiar words... use String.startWith(String) method. However to avoid System waiting for that method to be over , good idea would be to use a thread and Synchronization may be used to ensure sequencial feed back from your method.