filterbar autocomplete?

[scot adams]

Is there any way to make the filterbar have autocomplete capabilities?

[Administrator]

To get the autocomplete using the standard GridFilterBar, try this. In the sample we ship (), remove the line in SetTableIntoGridAndWireFilterBar that reads

theFilterBar.WireGrid(this.gridDataBoundGrid1);

and replace it with this code.

GridStyleInfo style = new GridStyleInfo();
style.ModifyStyle(this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Header"].StyleInfo, StyleModifyType.Copy);
style.CellType = "ComboBox";
style.ExclusiveChoiceList = true;
style.BaseStyle = "Standard";
style.Font.Bold = false;
style.BackColor = this.gridDataBoundGrid1.TableStyle.BackColor;
style.Borders.Bottom = new GridBorder(GridBorderStyle.Dashed);
style.DropDownStyle = GridDropDownStyle.AutoComplete;

theFilterBar.WireGrid(this.gridDataBoundGrid1, style);

This adds the DropDownStyle = AutoComplete setting to the default combobox.

[scot adams]

can't thank you enough for all the speedy help... you're awesome

[duyu]

Is there any way to make the filterbar use 'LIKE a*' to filter the data, instead of using the '=a' currently?

[Administrator]

If you want to see the items in the grid dynamically filter as you type into the filter cell, then here is a little sample that does this. It uses a derived GridFilterBar class to implement this functionality.