Hello,

I have 2 questions:

I have a dropdownlist bind to a particular view from a database. The view has about 400 records.

 Is it possible to have a dropdownlist with autocomplete, like you have in comboxes? How do I let the user to put text in this dropdownlist?

I need to find a solution for this and I'll appreciate any help from you.

Thanks,


Elisa Resina

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Elisa Resina

There is no such control in HTML. There may be some third party controls that use DHTML to display something that functions like a windows combo box.

So, In this situation, what are the possibilities to make the search in the dropdownlist "friendly" to the user? Because find a record in 400 is hard to do... what kind of another controls may I use or is there any other way to code it?

thanks again for your help,



Elisa Resina

When I need to have a selector for a large list of items, I sometimes create a popup window (or dialog) that has a search/select page that shows the contents. This way you minimize the amount of data that has to be on the page that may be performing postbacks. You could create a readonly textbox to store the value, then put on a regular button input that brings up the search window. Return the value back to the readonly textbox.

I understand what you mean but in this case the user has to use it several times to assign the code to a date and to an amount of time. And i need that the process of choose and assign values has to be efficient and quickly to the user. The user must not take many time to choose the right code.

Thanks

Elisa

Elisa Resina