hi , thanks for your reply, but
>Add a new column to your DataSource which contains the full text you want and use that column as >your DisplayMember
but how get i the needed data in this column? i deliver only a datatable.

>UltraCombo instead of UltraComboEditor
did i have here a autocomplete mode?
i set
   Me.cbo1.AutoSuggestFilterMode = Infragistics.Win.AutoSuggestFilterMode.Contains
        Me.cbo1.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend

hi, i just tryed a UltraCombo . it displays me at dropdown a complete grid :(
can i found only samples how exactly set the grid>in the ultracombo?
did the search/autocomplete works over all cells?
what are the main differences to the UltraComboEditor ?

I figured that's what you meant. :)

sorry mistake, i mean now it is meworking for  :)

Hi Mike, thanks for your code sample (spez. hidding a column) not it works for me with the ultracombo

Hi,

If you add a field to your data source, then you would have to loop through the data source and populate that field with the combined values of the other fields in the same record to build the string you want to display. This is probably not a good way to do it.

Personally, I would use the UltraCombo control. The dropdown for UltraCombo is more robust and shows all of the columns in the data source by default. But you can hide any columns you don't want the user to see. In your case, you probably only want to show the one unbound column.

If your data source has columns likeID, Name, Street, and Town, you would do something like this:

    Private Sub UltraCombo1_InitializeLayout(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeLayoutEventArgs) Handles UltraCombo1.InitializeLayout
        Dim band As UltraGridBand

        band = e.Layout.Bands(0)

        ' hide all column headers.
        band.ColHeadersVisible = False

        ' Hide all of the data source columns
        For Each column As UltraGridColumn In band.Columns
            column.Hidden = True
        Next

        ' add an unbound column to hold a string which has the combined address
        If Not band.Columns.Exists("Address") Then
            Dim addressColumn As UltraGridColumn = band.Columns.Add("Address")
            addressColumn.DataType = GetType(String)
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub UltraCombo1_InitializeRow(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeRowEventArgs) Handles UltraCombo1.InitializeRow

        ' Popuplate the Address cell with the combined address
        If e.Row.Band.Columns.Exists("Address") Then
            e.Row.Cells("Address").Value = e.Row.Cells("Name").Text & ", " & e.Row.Cells("Street").Text  & ", " & e.Row.Cells("Town").Text)
        End If
    End Sub