Hey, I am not even sure what language this would be coded in so I guess I will leave it in the coding forum.

Some websites have text inputs that when you start typing it gives you suggested answers.

For example: you will be typing ...Fl and it will be showing Florida
The same thing excel does

How would I go about doing that and what language would I even use? java?

If this is more complicated than I can do I might be looking for someone to code it for me.

Thanks
Stephen

I think the word I am looking for is "Suggesting" text boxes, like it suggests the word Florida after you type a Fl

javascript NOT java they are two very different things

Try http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/ncz/

This is an AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) thing, in most cases. As you type a letter, the browser is querying the server for a list of words that match what you've typed so far and then displaying the results.

The majority of this would be in JavaScript, however you'd also need a server side script to generate the list of matching words given the first few letters.

Microsoft's implementation of AJAX, called 'Atlas', has a built in AutoComplete text box - does exactly what you're looking for.

Wow, that link worked out beautifully! Thank you so much!!!