public class advancedLookUp{ public Object selectValue{get; set;} public String objectType {get; set;} public String searchValue

{get; set;} public Integer maxHeight {get; set;} public Integer height {get; set;} public List<SelectOption> results {get; set;} public Boolean showList {get; set;} Map<String,String> resultsMap; //This is our seach method that is called every time a character is entered public void search(){ showList = true; results = new List<SelectOption>(); resultsMap = new Map<String,String>(); //Using dynamic SOQL we pass the object and the search value if(searchValue.length() > 0){ String entry = '%' + searchValue + '%'; String queryString = 'Select Id, Name from ' + objectType + ' where Name like :entry order by Name limit 1000'; /*Next we add the results to our list of selectOptions. We also add the values to a map so that when a value is selected we can auto fill the search box with the selected value */ for(sObject o : Database.query(queryString)){ results.add(new SelectOption((String)o.get('Id'),(String)o.get(' Name'))); resultsMap.put((String)o.get('Id'),(String)o.get('Name')); } } //Next we inspect the results to set the height and contents of the sele ctList if(searchValue.length() == 0){ showList = false; }else if(results.size() == 0 && searchValue.length() != 0){ results.add(new SelectOption('','No matches found')); height = 2; }else if(results.size() == 1){ height = 2; }else if(results.size() > maxHeight){ height = maxHeight; }else{ height = results.size(); } } //When a value is selected we will auto complete the searchValue public void selectValue(){ showList = false; searchValue = resultsMap.get((string)selectValue); } //simply hides the list of results public void hideResults(){ showList = false; }