Autocomplete - Assigning New Datasource At Runtime

[JD West]

Is it possible to set the datasource of an Autocomplete to a completely different dataset at runtime?

The datasets have different numbers of columns.

I tried making two different autocompletes on the form.

But, is it possible to "attach" the or set the disabled/enabled for an autocomplete in code for a particular control or must it only be done at designtime in the GUI?

Thanks.

[Lingaraj S]

Hi JD West,

Thank you for your interest in Syncfusion products.

Yes. You can achieve by using SetAutoComplete method in AutoComplete as shown below

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DataTable dt1 = new DataTable();
            dt1.Columns.Add("Col1");
            dt1.Columns.Add("Col2");
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                dt1.Rows.Add(new object[] { i, 1 });
            }
            DataTable dt2 = new DataTable();
            dt2.Columns.Add("Col1");
            dt2.Columns.Add("Col2");
            dt2.Columns.Add("Col3");
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                dt2.Rows.Add(new object[] { i, 1 ,2});
            }
            this.autoComplete1.DataSource = dt1;
            this.autoComplete2.DataSource = dt2;
            this.autoComplete1.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.AutoSuggest);
            this.autoComplete2.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.Disabled);
        }
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.autoComplete1.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.Disabled);
            this.autoComplete2.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.AutoSuggest);
        }
        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.autoComplete1.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.AutoSuggest);
            this.autoComplete2.SetAutoComplete(this.textBox1, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoCompleteModes.Disabled);
        }

Also please refer the documentation from following link.
http://help.syncfusion.com/ug_82/WindowsFormsUI_Tools/EnablingAutoCompleteInTextBoxArea.html

Please let me know if you have any queries.

Regards,
Lingaraj S.