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Auto Complete in ASP.NET using Ajax

This article will show you how to use Ajax AutoComplete control.

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Introduction:

AutoComplete is an ASP.NET AJAX extender that can be attached to any TextBox control, and will associate that control with a popup DropDown like list of words that begin with the prefix typed into the textbox.

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Now drag and drop three controls on page. ScriptManager, Textbox, AutoCompleteExtender.

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>

<form id="form1" runat="server">

        <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />

        <div>

            <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

            <cc1:AutoCompleteExtender ID="AutoCompleteExtender1"

            runat="server"

            ServicePath="WebService.asmx"

            ServiceMethod="FindName"

            MinimumPrefixLength="1"

            TargetControlID="TextBox1">

            </cc1:AutoCompleteExtender>

        </div>

    </form>

Now add a new WebService class:


 
Here is web service code.

Imports System

Imports System.Collections.Generic

Imports System.Web

Imports System.Web.Services

Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols

Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Imports System.Data

Imports System.Data.Common

Imports AtlasTextBoxAutoComplete.DL

Imports System.Collections

 

<WebService(Namespace:="http://tempuri.org/")> _

<WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo:=WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)> _

<System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService()> _

<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _

Public Class WebService

    Inherits System.Web.Services.WebService 

    <WebMethod()> _

        <System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptMethod()> _

        Public Function FindName(ByVal prefixText As String, ByVal count As Integer) As String()

        'return all records whose Title starts with the prefix input string

        Dim titleArList As New List(Of String)()

        Dim drProducts As SqlDataReader = sqlProductProvider.GetNameList(prefixText)

        While drProducts.Read()

            Dim strTemp As String = Convert.ToString(drProducts("Name"))

            titleArList.Add(strTemp)

        End While

        Return titleArList.ToArray()

    End Function

End Class

Result will look like this:


 
I am adding two classes in App_Code folder for database connectivity. You shoudl change your web.config key for database connection string. I am attaching my database in App_Code folder.


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Raj Kumar
Rajkumar is working as a senior software engineer has over 5 years experience working on asp.net, vb.net,c#, ajax and other latest technologies. He holds Master's degree in Computer Science. currently enjoying working on wpf, wcf, silverlight, mvc.
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hiii by bhrugesh On February 7, 2009
gv me same code in c#
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Re: hiii by Raj On April 30, 2009
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Common;
using AtlasTextBoxAutoComplete.DL;
using System.Collections;

public class WebService : System.Web.Services.WebService
{  
    
    public string[] FindName(string prefixText, int count)
    {        
        //return all records whose Title starts with the prefix input string         
        List<string> titleArList = new List<string>();         
        SqlDataReader drProducts = sqlProductProvider.GetNameList(prefixText);         
        while (drProducts.Read()) {            
            string strTemp = Convert.ToString(drProducts("Name"));
            titleArList.Add(strTemp);
        }   
        return titleArList.ToArray();
    }
    
}
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Re: hiii by Raj On April 30, 2009
you can use this code converter.

http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/vb-to-csharp/
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hey by travis On April 27, 2009
where does it read from? a database
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