How to use AJAX AutoCompleteExtender in ASP net with database?
AutoComplete is an ASP.NET AJAX extender that can be attached to any TextBox control, and will associate that control with a popup panel to display words that begin with the prefix typed into the textbox. The dropdown with candidate words supplied by a web service is positioned on the bottom left of the text box.
What is AutoCompleteExtender?
AutoCompleteExtender is a control which is part of Asp.Net Ajaxtoolkit and can be attached to any textbox control. The AutoCompleteExtender displays the popup to show the words that start with typed words on the textbox.
What is autocompleteextender and how does it work?
The concept is simple. When you start typing in the TextBox, AutoCompleteExtender fetches the matching strings from the database and display while typing e.g. when you type a single character ‘m’ in the TextBox then all the Qualifications starting with ‘m’ will be fetched and displayed.
How to implement ajaxautocompleteextender with WebService?
In previous article I explained clearly how to implement AjaxAutoCompleteExtender with webservice. We can attach Ajax autocomplete exteneder to any textbox to implement this and after assign autocomplete extender to textbox and type more content than the specified minimum word length, a popup will show words or phrases starting with that value.
How to add autocomplete to popups in Ajax?
We can attach Ajax autocomplete exteneder to any textbox to implement this and after assign autocomplete extender to textbox and type more content than the specified minimum word length, a popup will show words or phrases starting with that value. So the user can choose exact word from the popup panel.
How to check if qualifications are matching using Ajax?
‘ To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line. Now run the website and check by entering single character of the qualification name that is in your Database table. It will show all the matching Qualifications starting with entered character.
