use simply an autocomp textbox with autocomplete=1
this fills a vfp autocomp table located in home(7)+"autocomp.dbf" and retrieves the data field relative to the source (text1) alphabetically...

see foxhelp in "AutoComplete Property" with these values:
0 Does not display a list of entries.(default)
1 Alphabetical Sorts entries alphabetically and is not case sensitive.
2 Most Frequently Used (MFU) Sorts entries based on the highest count.
3 Most Recently Used Sorts entries based on the Updated field in the source table with the most recent first.
4 Custom Uses the Weight field populated using your own algorithm to specify how you want the entries sorted. The results are sorted in descending order (highest to lowest value). If there are ties, then the Updated field is used (most recent appears first).

Note: can zap the autocomp.dbf table for non requested values in home(7)+"autocomp.dbf