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AutoCompleteCustomSource contains / characters

Hi,

I have a TextBox with AutoCompleteCustomSource

1. My AutoCompleteStringCollection contains a list of companiesand other names (upwards of 20k items) that on occasion contain a '/ chjaracter. The AutoComplete functionality seems to stop when it reaches this character. Can this behaviour be changed to specify a different separator ie a character I know isn't used !! ?

2. Is there any way of restricting the entry in a TextBox with AutoCompleteCustomSource to the items in the list ? (Similar to a ListBox or ComboBox)

3. Can the drop-down be automatically(programmatically) resized ?

FilthyZombie

FilthyZombie Monday, December 08, 2008 3:22 PM

You are running into the limitations of the AutoComplete feature:

1) It was originally designed as the autocomplete source for Internet Explorer. There are hardcoded assumptions about the type of content, / is unfortunately treated specially. There is no option available to override that.

2) No. Hard to do, considering TextBox allows the user to type anything she wants. You could use the Validating event to verify it the text matches the list contents.

3) No.

nobugz Monday, December 08, 2008 3:48 PM

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