Does anyone know of OpenSource .NET 2.0 ajax dropdown box with typeahead
feature and ability to load only X amount of items? I have over 20,000
names in a database table which I would like to allow user to select from a
dropdown box, but I don't want to load all of them at one time.

Thank You


Peter

Googling for typeahead dropdown ajax returns quite a lot of references:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+dropdown+ajax

For the loading part, you should filter the items on your datasource before
databinding.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net


"Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of OpenSource .NET 2.0 ajax dropdown box with typeahead
> feature and ability to load only X amount of items? I have over 20,000
> names in a database table which I would like to allow user to select from
> a dropdown box, but I don't want to load all of them at one time.
>
> Thank You
>
>
> Peter
>
>

Thanks for your help!

I've already looked at most of them and they work with FireFox or just don't
work at all. I was looking for an OpenSource custom control that works with
both IE and FireFox.



"Eliyahu Goldin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Googling for typeahead dropdown ajax returns quite a lot of references:
> http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+dropdown+ajax
>
> For the loading part, you should filter the items on your datasource
> before databinding.
>
> --
> Eliyahu Goldin,
> Software Developer
> Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
> http://usableasp.net
>
>
> "Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Does anyone know of OpenSource .NET 2.0 ajax dropdown box with typeahead
>> feature and ability to load only X amount of items? I have over 20,000
>> names in a database table which I would like to allow user to select from
>> a dropdown box, but I don't want to load all of them at one time.
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>
>

Hello Peter,

So, what's your expectations from the control? What do u wanna get?
If not extract all records then u need change the usability of your contol.
I'd recommend to use AutoComplete dropdown list, where the selection creteria
is based on the first 2 symbols which user typed

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo


P> Does anyone know of OpenSource .NET 2.0 ajax dropdown box with
P> typeahead feature and ability to load only X amount of items? I have
P> over 20,000 names in a database table which I would like to allow
P> user to select from a dropdown box, but I don't want to load all of
P> them at one time.
P>
P> Thank You
P>
P> Peter
P>

I would like the control to look and act the same in IE and FireFox, every
control I've looked at it visually acted differently in IE then FireFox
(usually no usable in one of them, for example
http://easylistbox.com/demoComboAjax.aspx this control is totally unusable
in FireFox) and that's where my experience is lacking to fix them , CSS and
HTML.



"Michael Nemtsev [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello Peter,
>
> So, what's your expectations from the control? What do u wanna get? If not
> extract all records then u need change the usability of your contol.
> I'd recommend to use AutoComplete dropdown list, where the selection
> creteria is based on the first 2 symbols which user typed
>
> ---
> WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog:
> http://spaces.live.com/laflour
> "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
> miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
>
> P> Does anyone know of OpenSource .NET 2.0 ajax dropdown box with
> P> typeahead feature and ability to load only X amount of items? I have
> P> over 20,000 names in a database table which I would like to allow
> P> user to select from a dropdown box, but I don't want to load all of
> P> them at one time.
> P> P> Thank You
> P> P> Peter
> P>
>