Spread for ASP.NET 11 Product Documentation
MatchingSource Property
Example 


FarPoint.Web.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Web.Spread Namespace > AutoFilter Class : MatchingSource Property
Specifies the data column in the combo box to search for a match when using the automatic filter. The default value is AllColumns.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Property MatchingSource As FilterMatchingSource
'Usage
 
Dim instance As AutoFilter
Dim value As FilterMatchingSource
 
instance.MatchingSource = value
 
value = instance.MatchingSource
public FilterMatchingSource MatchingSource {get; set;}
Example
This example filters out items when typing in the combo cell.
FarPoint.Web.Spread.AutoFilter afilter = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.AutoFilter();
afilter.Enabled = true;
afilter.MatchingSource = FarPoint.Web.Spread.FilterMatchingSource.AllColumns;
afilter.MinPrefixLength = 1;
afilter.MaxFilteredItem = 10;

System.Data.DataSet ds = new System.Data.DataSet();
System.Data.DataTable emp = new System.Data.DataTable("Employees");
System.Data.DataTable div = new System.Data.DataTable("Division");
emp.Columns.Add("LastName");
emp.Columns.Add("FirstName");
emp.Rows.Add(new Object[] { "Jones", "Marianne" });
emp.Rows.Add(new Object[] { "Fieldes", "Anna" });
emp.Rows.Add(new Object[] { "Johnson", "Anna" });
div.Columns.Add("Section");
div.Columns.Add("Specialty");
div.Rows.Add(new Object[] { "Finance", "Taxes" });
div.Rows.Add(new Object[] { "Mergers", "Legal" });
ds.Tables.AddRange(new System.Data.DataTable[] { emp, div });
FarPoint.Web.Spread.MultiColumnComboBoxCellType mccbct = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.MultiColumnComboBoxCellType();
mccbct.DataSource = ds;
mccbct.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Top;
mccbct.AutoFilter = afilter;
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].CellType = mccbct;
Dim afilter As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.AutoFilter()
afilter.Enabled = True
afilter.MatchingSource = FarPoint.Web.Spread.FilterMatchingSource.AllColumns
afilter.MinPrefixLength = 1
afilter.MaxFilteredItem = 10

Dim ds As New System.Data.DataSet()
Dim emp As New System.Data.DataTable("Employees")
Dim div As New System.Data.DataTable("Division")
emp.Columns.Add("LastName")
emp.Columns.Add("FirstName")
emp.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Jones", "Marianne"})
emp.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Fieldes", "Anna"})
emp.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Johnson", "Anna"})
div.Columns.Add("Section")
div.Columns.Add("Specialty")
div.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Finance", "Taxes"})
div.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Mergers", "Legal"})
ds.Tables.AddRange(New System.Data.DataTable() {emp, div})
Dim mccbct As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.MultiColumnComboBoxCellType()
mccbct.DataSource = ds
mccbct.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Top
mccbct.AutoFilter = afilter
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).CellType = mccbct
See Also

Reference

AutoFilter Class
AutoFilter Members