MinimumPrefixLength Property

Gets or sets the minimum length of text before the Web service provides suggestions for completion.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property MinimumPrefixLength As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As AutoCompleteCellType
Dim value As Integer
 
instance.MinimumPrefixLength = value
 
value = instance.MinimumPrefixLength

public int MinimumPrefixLength {get; set;}

Property Value

Integer number of characters in the minimum length of text

Example

This example uses a Web service for an automatic completion cell.

FarPoint.Web.Spread.Extender.AutoCompleteCellType ac = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.Extender.AutoCompleteCellType();
ac.BackgroundImageUrl = null;
ac.CompletionInterval = 1000;
ac.CompletionSetCount = 5;
ac.DelimiterCharacters = ";, :";
AjaxControlToolkit.TextBoxWatermarkExtender twe = new AjaxControlToolkit.TextBoxWatermarkExtender();
twe.WatermarkText = "Type a character";
ac.Extenders.Add(twe);
ac.ServicePath = "WebService.asmx";
ac.ServiceMethod = "GetAllNames";
ac.MinimumPrefixLength = 1;
ac.EnableCaching = true;
ac.ShowEditor = true;
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].CellType = ac;

public class WebService : System.Web.Services.WebService {
    
        [WebMethod]

  public  string[] GetAllNames(string prefixText, int count)
  {
        ArrayList filteredList = new ArrayList();
        string[] names = {"AzamSharp","Scott","Alex","Mary","John","Ali","Sam","Sammy"};
        foreach (string name in names)
        {
                if (name.ToLower().StartsWith(prefixText.ToLower()))
                filteredList.Add(name);
        }
        return (string[]) filteredList.ToArray(typeof(string));
  }
}

Visual Basic

Dim ac As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.Extender.AutoCompleteCellType
ac.BackgroundImageUrl = Nothing
ac.CompletionInterval = 1000
ac.CompletionSetCount = 5
ac.DelimiterCharacters = ";, :"
Dim twe As New AjaxControlToolkit.TextBoxWatermarkExtender
twe.WatermarkText = "Type a character"
ac.Extenders.Add(twe)
ac.ServicePath = "WebService.asmx"
ac.ServiceMethod = "GetAllNames"
ac.MinimumPrefixLength = 1
ac.EnableCaching = True
ac.ShowEditor = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).CellType = ac

Public Class WebService
     Inherits System.Web.Services.WebService

    <WebMethod()>
    Public Function GetAllNames(ByVal prefixText As String, ByVal count As Integer) As String()
        Dim filteredList As ArrayList = New ArrayList
        Dim names() As String = {"AzamSharp", "Scott", "Alex", "Mary", "John", "Ali", "Sam", "Sammy"}

        For Each name As String In names
            If name.ToLower.StartsWith(prefixText.ToLower) Then
                filteredList.Add(name)
            End If
        Next
        Return CType(filteredList.ToArray(GetType(System.String)), String())
    End Function

End Class

Reference

AutoCompleteCellType Class
AutoCompleteCellType Members