autocomplete in modal window

How using autocomplete in modal window

[trisonics]

I am having problems with autocomplete in modal window.
For normal window things are working fine but when ever I am opening the same page in a modal window the autocomplete feature in IE stops working.
Does anyone know why and how can I make autocomplete work for modal window.

thanks,
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[tedster]

Your question is definitely out of my comfort zone, but I always enjoy being stretched a bit. I assume you're developing an application and not a public website.

My first take on this is that there may be a dependency on the OS -- for instance, that Win98 users may be out of luck.

This Microsoft page [msdn.microsoft.com] may put you on to something more.

And please excuse my ramblings if they are too clueless ;)

[trisonics]

Thanks tedster.
Yes you are right its an application.
Thanks for the pointer. It was informative but how do I control the windows interface on an unknown machine.
I can make a safe assumption that IE will run but on which version (95, 98, 2000, etc) is unknown.
I have successfully tested that autocomplete runs on 95, 98 and 2000 Professional version for IE 6 when the window in a normal one.
But for modal window it seems that it looses contact with the parent window.