AutoComplete Extender for Dynamically Created Textboxes at runtime

Hi,

Try this code sample...

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {	
    	for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    	{
            // Create TextBox and its properties
            string textBoxID = String.Format("{0}_{1}", "AutoCompleteTextBox", i);
            TextBox textbox = new TextBox();
            textbox.ID = textBoxID
            textbox.Width = new Unit(250);
            textbox.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off");
            
            // Create AutoCompleteExtender and its properties
            AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender autoCompleteExtender = new AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender();
            autoCompleteExtender.TargetControlID = textBoxID;
            autoCompleteExtender.ServiceMethod = "GetCompletionList";
            autoCompleteExtender.ServicePath = "YourAutoCompleteWebService.asmx";
            autoCompleteExtender.CompletionInterval = 1500;
            autoCompleteExtender.CompletionSetCount = 10;
            autoCompleteExtender.EnableCaching = true;
            
            // Add created controls to the page controls collection
            this.Controls.Add(textbox);
            this.Controls.Add(autoCompleteExtender);
    	}
    }
}

This code is not tested. It's just a concept and maybe you will find some syntax errors... ;)

Hi,

To get auto complete extender for dynamic textboxes at runtime. This is the code can help you. First create a webservice, along with web methods to get data from database and write the following code in page load event

//Example shows 10 textboxes

Protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
string textBoxId = String.Format("{0}_{1}", "AutoCompleteTextBox", i);
TextBox textbox = new TextBox();
textbox.ID = "textboxId"+i;
textbox.Width = 250;
textbox.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off");

AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender autoCompleteExtender = new AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender();
autoCompleteExtender.TargetControlID = "textboxId"+i;
autoCompleteExtender.ServiceMethod = "your web service name";
autoCompleteExtender.ServicePath = "Your Webservice.asmx ";
autoCompleteExtender.CompletionInterval = 1500;
autoCompleteExtender.CompletionSetCount = 10;
autoCompleteExtender.EnableCaching = true;
autoCompleteExtender.MinimumPrefixLength = 2;
autoCompleteExtender.CompletionListCssClass = "autocomplete_completionListElement";
autoCompleteExtender.CompletionListItemCssClass = "autocomplete_listItem";
autoCompleteExtender.CompletionListHighlightedItemCssClass = "autocomplete_highlightedListItem";
autoCompleteExtender.DelimiterCharacters = ";, :";
autoCompleteExtender.FirstRowSelected = true;

this.form1.Controls.Add(textbox);
this.form1.Controls.Add(autoCompleteExtender);
}
}

}