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Howdy Folks,

I cant seem to get the Autocomplete going on a Test site that I build in VS2008. I got 4 controls on the form which is - ToolScriptManager, 2 * Textbox and AutoCompleteExtender. What happens is that when I start typing in the textbox nothing happens, but as soon as I tab to a second Textbox the Autocomplete list pops up and stays there.

The Stylesheet and the Markup is the same as the Sample Website.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

Hi

Do you have only one AutoCompleteExtender control on your form, or do you have one for each textbox? I think you have to use one AutoCompleteExtender control for each textbox using the TargetControlID="myTextBox" property.

Regards

Paulo

 

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The autocomplete extender will only push up content if it is available for the entry you have submitted in the text

This means, that if the autocomplete extender has a target method, either web method or other data source attached to it, which completes a list of "possibilities", according to what you have typed into the textbox.

If nothing happens, it might either be that the ACE is not configured correct, check for java script errors (lower left in IE or Firebug for FF), or that there is a value to auto complete for the entry you have submitted.

Refer to this

Eric

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Thanks for the replies. To answer your questions. Only one Textbox is connected to the Autocomplete extender. Eric - there is no errors on the page as you suggested I did check for that. Also there are "possibilities" for the values that I enter, problem is the dropdown only appears when the Textbox loses focus.

Pedre

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Thanks for the replies. To answer your questions. Only one Textbox is connected to the Autocomplete extender. Eric - there is no errors on the page as you suggested I did check for that. Also there are "possibilities" for the values that I enter, problem is the dropdown only appears when the Textbox loses focus.

Pedre

Can you post the code that you have on your ASPX page - just the bit that generates the autocomplete and the relevant textbox?

Sorry for only posting now, here is the code for the problem.

 <asp:TextBox ID="txtAutoCompanyName" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:TextBox>                            
  <ajaxToolKit:AutoCompleteExtender
         id="AutoCompleteClientName"
         runat="server"
         targetcontrolid="txtAutoCompanyName"
         ServicePath="AutoComplete.asmx"
         ServiceMethod="Get_All_CompanyNames"
         MinimumPrefixLength="4"
         CompletionInterval="1000"
         EnableCaching="true"
         CompletionSetCount="20"

</ajaxToolKit:AutoCompleteExtender>

TopNode:

Sorry for only posting now, here is the code for the problem.

Nuts. I stuck it into a new web site, created the relevant web service and method, and it worked perfectly.

Is it happening in more than one browser?

Funny, thing is it works in other pages then on another couple of pages it doesn't. I have studied that page beyond the point that I will see something wrong so I am just gonna recreate it.

Thanks for the input.