[RESOLVED] How to Use Ajaxcontroltoolki autocomplete with database data

[Nitesh]

Hi Guys,

I want to populate a textbox using the ajax control toolkit autocomplete with data from a mysql datatbase. please show me the best way, and get me started. thanks

[gep13]

Hey,

I am assuming that you have had a look here:

http://www.asp.net/AJAX/AjaxControlT...oComplete.aspx

The fact that the information is coming from a MySQL database really don't make any difference, you just need to still create a method to pull back the completion list.

Are you using the MySQL Connector .Net, if not, have a look at the link in my signature.

Gary

[Nitesh]

thanks Gary. I am looking at the currently. I never created a web service before, so I posted it here. However, I am giving the web service a show. It does give me an opportunity to learn new stuff. Will let you know how it goes

[mendhak]

It's expecting -

ServicePath="AutoComplete.asmx"
and
ServiceMethod="GetCompletionList"

It doesn't need to be a web service path, it can be a method on the page too, but remember to decorate it with [WebMethod] in either case so that it can be called as a web service from the javascript code that AJAX generates. Remember that the method must accept a 'prefix text' argument, and must return an array of strings. So something like this:

[WebMethod]
public string[] GetNames(string prefix)
{
//
}

It'll be cleaner if you make it an ASMX though. You could make a WCF service too, but then remember to add

[ServiceContract(Namespace = "")]

    [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]

[Nitesh]

thanks for that mendhak. Please check my function and let me know if it is correct.

 <WebMethod()> _
    Public Function GetOccupations(ByVal prefixText As String) As String()
        Dim OccList As New List(Of String)
        Using con As New MySqlConnection(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString)
            Dim OccReader As MySqlDataReader
            Dim occCmd As New MySqlCommand("SELECT occupationid,descr FROM occupations WHERE lcase(descr) like ?descr;", con)
            occCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?descr", prefixText & "%")

            con.Open()

            OccReader = occCmd.ExecuteReader

            While (OccReader.Read)

                If Not OccReader.IsDBNull(1) Then

                    OccList.Add(AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender.CreateAutoCompleteItem(OccReader.GetString(1), OccReader.GetUInt32(0)))
                End If
            End While

            con.Close()
            OccReader.Close()
        End Using
        Return OccList.ToArray

    End Function

I am returning key/value pairs because I will need to write the selected items id to the database.

[mendhak]

Does it work?

[mendhak]

Wait, what's this about?

 OccList.Add(AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender.CreateAutoCompleteItem(OccReader.GetString(1), OccReader.GetUInt32(0)))

You only need to deal with what's coming back from the database. While datareader.Read, add the items to an ArrayList or List(Of String). When it's time to return, return listName.ToArray().

[Nitesh]

Hi mendhak,

i got that from this link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/phaniraj/archi...eextender.aspx

it's exactly what I need. Haven't got to the part where I get the id value. Not usre how to add a handler for that event

[mendhak]

That looks... just weird. I'd still stick to a list of strings. That's all you're returning anyways. But whatever works.

What id value?

[Nitesh]

What id value?

I need the occupationid so I can save that primary key value to my guardians table occupationid field. When the user selects an item from the autocomplete textbox I need its corresponding id

[mendhak]

Oh, you'd need the AutoCompleteItem after all then

What's your code so far?

[Nitesh]

heres my aspx code:

<&#37;@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/update.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" %> 
    

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server"   >         
         <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
         <Services>
         <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/ClService.asmx" />  
         </Services> 
                </asp:ScriptManager>
        <div class="container">
        <div class="header">
			<img class="top-left" src="images/top-left.gif" />
			<div>Guardian Information Update</div>
			<img class="top-right" src="images/top-right.gif" />
		</div>
        <div class="content" >
        <asp:Repeater ID="GuardianRepeater"  
            runat="server">
            <HeaderTemplate>
            <table>
            </HeaderTemplate> 
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:TextBox ID="Gid" CssClass="hidden" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("GuardianID")%>'></asp:TextBox>
                <tr>
                <td>Surname:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="Surname" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Surname")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td></td>
                <td>First Names:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="Firstnames" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("firstnames")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>ID Number:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="idnumber" runat="server" CssClass="surnametextbox"  Text='<%#Container.DataItem("IDNumber")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td>
                <td>Cell:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="cellphone" runat="server" CssClass="surnametextbox"  Text='<%#Container.DataItem("cell")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Tel(Work):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="telwork" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Tel_Work")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td><cc1:MaskedEditValidator ID="MaskedEditValidator1" ControlExtender="MaskedEditExtender1" ControlToValidate="telwork" TooltipMessage="Enter a Number in this format: (999)9999999" runat="server"></cc1:MaskedEditValidator></td>
                <td>Tel(Home):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="telhome" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Tel_Home")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Fax(Work):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="faxwork" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Fax_Work")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td></td>
                <td>Fax(Home):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="faxhome" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Fax_Home")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td>
                </tr>
                 
                <tr>
                <td>Occupation:</td><td>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="occupation" CssClass="autocompletetextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("occupation")%>'></asp:TextBox></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Work E-Mail:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="email" runat="server" CssClass="emailtextbox" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("email")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td><asp:CheckBox ID="chkCanEmail" Checked='<%#Container.DataItem("CanEmail")%>' runat="server" />Receive E-mail Correspondence on this Address</td> 
                </tr>
                
                <td>Home E-Mail:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="HomeEmail" runat="server" CssClass="emailtextbox" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("HomeEmail")%>'></asp:TextBox></td><td><asp:CheckBox ID="chkCanEmailHome" Checked='<%#Container.DataItem("CanEmailHome")%>' runat="server" />Receive E-mail Correspondence on this Address</td><tr>
                
               
                </tr>
                
                
               
                 <cc1:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditExtender1" TargetControlID="telwork" Mask="(999)9999999" MessageValidatorTip="true" MaskType="Number"   ErrorTooltipEnabled="true" runat="server"  ></cc1:MaskedEditExtender> 
                 <cc1:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditExtender2" TargetControlID="telhome" Mask="(999)9999999" MessageValidatorTip="true" MaskType="Number" ErrorTooltipEnabled="true" runat="server"></cc1:MaskedEditExtender>         
                <cc1:AutoCompleteExtender ID="OccAutoCompleteExtender" TargetControlID="occupation" ServicePath="ClService.asmx" ServiceMethod="GetOccupations" MinimumPrefixLength="2" CompletionInterval="1000" OnClientItemSelected="IAmSelected"  runat="server">
                </cc1:AutoCompleteExtender>
               <%-- <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RfEmail" ControlToValidate="email" runat="server" ErrorMessage="RequiredFieldValidator"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>--%>
                <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RevEmail" ControlToValidate="email" ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*Email must be in the format of [email protected]" Display="Dynamic" ></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
            </ItemTemplate> 
            <SeparatorTemplate>
            <tr>
            <td colspan="6" >
            <hr />
            </td>
            </tr>
            </SeparatorTemplate> 
            
            <FooterTemplate>
            </table> 
            </FooterTemplate> 
        </asp:Repeater>
         <div >
        <asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" Text="Save" onclick="SaveInfo"/>
        </div>
        </div>
        
        
<div class="footer">
			<img class="top-left" src="images/bottom-left.gif" />
			<img class="top-right" src="images/bottom-right.gif" />
		</div>
		</div>
    
		
</asp:Content>

and heres my javascript function that gets called when the autocomplete item is selected:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function IAmSelected( source, eventArgs ) {

        alert( " Key : "+ eventArgs.get_text() +"  Value :  "+eventArgs.get_value()); 

        //Do something to reset the ID Field

        }


    </script>

it works great. But i was thinking of saving the key value in a hidden textbox and when it comes to saving to the database I would use that value. Can you think of a better way

[Nitesh]

please help me someone. I'm stuck

[mendhak]

No, that sounds good - save the key to a hidden field. How else are you going to do it?

To set a hidden field value,

document.getElementById('hiddenfieldid').value = eventArgs.get_value();

[Nitesh]

thanks mendhak.will give it a shot tomorrow

[Nitesh]

Hi mendhak,

http://encosia.com/2007/08/08/robust...in-javascript/

i used your code:

document.getElementById(hdntest).value = eventArgs.get_value();

I get an error saying : document.getelementbyid(...) is null or not an object.

heres my aspx code:

 <asp:HiddenField ID="hdntest" runat="server" />

looking at the above link, getting this fields value is a problem, since it is in a repeater and I have more than 1 control called hdntest. Please tell me how to get around this. Thanks

[gep13]

Hey,

Have you pasted the error message into the forum?

If so, you do not have the correct case in the getElementById method, remember that JavaScript is case sensitive.

Also, you do not have apostrophe's in the code you are using.

It should be:

document.getElementById('hdntest').value = eventArgs.get_value();

Assuming that hdntest is the id of the hidden field you are using.

Gary

[Nitesh]

Hi again,

I do have apostrophes in my code. I don't know why it got stripped out in the post.

[gep13]

Hmmm, strange.

Is the case of getElementById correct?

Also, you might want to do a View Source of the page to check that it has rendered correctly on the client. Also, are there any JavaScripts errors on the page?

Gary

[Nitesh]

hi,

this one instance of the hidden field:

 <input type="hidden" name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$GuardianRepeater$ctl03$hdntest" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_GuardianRepeater_ctl03_hdntest" />

as far as i know the case is correct for getelementbyid.

that error saying is null.... is a javascript error

[gep13]

Hey,

Well this is why it isn't working.

You are looking for this:

document.getElementById('hdntest').value = eventArgs.get_value();

when you should be looking for this:

document.getElementById('ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_GuardianRepeater_ctl03_hdntest').value = eventArgs.get_value();

This is similar to you other post regarding the ClientID of the controls that you have on the page.

One quick way to get this working would be to do this:

document.getElementById('<&#37;= hdntest.ClientID %>').value = eventArgs.get_value();

shudder, shudder, shudder

Gary

[Nitesh]

thanks gep,

I tried this:

If Not (ClientScript.IsClientScriptBlockRegistered("MyScript")) Then
                ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType, "MyScript", "function IAmSelected( source, eventArgs ) { document.getElementById('<%= hdntest.ClientID %>').value = eventArgs.get_value(); }", True)
            End If

the javascript function gets added to the page but i still get the same error

[gep13]

Hey,

How does that get rendered on the page?

Can you do a view Source and paste a relevant section?

Gary

[Nitesh]

this is it currently:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function IAmSelected( source, eventArgs ) { document.getElementById('<%= hdntest.ClientID %>').value = eventArgs.get_value(); }//]]>
</script>

if I just do an alert(eventArgs.get_value() it workd fine. the getElementById is failing.

[gep13]

Hey,

That is the source of the page?

If so, it is failing because the inline server tag hasn't worked, it hasn't got the information from the server. I suspect that that is due to the CDATA tag around the script.

Since you are doing this the way you are, try this:

If Not (ClientScript.IsClientScriptBlockRegistered("MyScript")) Then
                ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType, "MyScript", "function IAmSelected( source, eventArgs ) { document.getElementById('" & hdnTest.ClientID & "').value = eventArgs.get_value(); }", True)
            End If

And see if that works.

Gary

[Nitesh]

no luck

[gep13]

Did the code I give you compile and run?

If so, what was the source on the page?

Gary

[Nitesh]

nope. my codebehind doesn't like this :

'" & hdnTest.ClientID & "'

it underlines hdntest and says its not declared

[gep13]

Okay, let me try and break down what I am trying to do here, to make sure we are on the same page.

You are currently writing on the JavaScript that you want to run on the client, and what I am trying to do is concatenate the ClientID of the hidden input field into that JavaScript.

You have:

<asp:HiddenField ID="hdntest" runat="server" />

Which means that the server side code should be able to see that control, so I don't see why it couldn't see it.

Can you post all the code that you are currently using regarding this issue, so we can see it in situ?

Gary

[Nitesh]

ok maybe it can't see it because it's in a reapeater.

trying something like this:

GuardianRepeater.FindControl("hdntest").ClientID

which i expected to work, but I get an error saying object reference not set to an instance of an object. probablt the javascript is trying to get the value b4 the control is rendered

[gep13]

Can you show the ASPX for the repeater that you are using?

Gary

[Nitesh]

its quite alot of code: i have highighted the mail areas: removed some code because it was too long

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/update.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" %> 
    
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server"   >         
         <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
         <Services>
         <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/ClService.asmx" />  
         </Services> 
                </asp:ScriptManager>
        <div class="container">
        <div class="header">
			<img class="top-left" src="images/top-left.gif" />
			<div>Guardian Information Update</div>
			<img class="top-right" src="images/top-right.gif" />
		</div>
        <div class="content" >
        <asp:Repeater ID="GuardianRepeater"  
            runat="server">
            <HeaderTemplate>
            <table>
            </HeaderTemplate> 
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:TextBox ID="Gid" CssClass="hidden" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("GuardianID")%>'></asp:TextBox>
                <tr>
                <td>Surname:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="Surname" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Surname")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td></td>
                <td>First Names:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="Firstnames" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("firstnames")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>ID Number:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="idnumber" runat="server" CssClass="surnametextbox"  Text='<%#Container.DataItem("IDNumber")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td>
                <td>Cell:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="cellphone" runat="server" CssClass="surnametextbox"  Text='<%#Container.DataItem("cell")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Tel(Work):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="telwork" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Tel_Work")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td><cc1:MaskedEditValidator ID="MaskedEditValidator1" ControlExtender="MaskedEditExtender1" ControlToValidate="telwork" TooltipMessage="Enter a Number in this format: (999)9999999" runat="server"></cc1:MaskedEditValidator></td>
                <td>Tel(Home):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="telhome" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Tel_Home")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td><td></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Fax(Work):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="faxwork" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Fax_Work")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td></td>
                <td>Fax(Home):</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="faxhome" CssClass="surnametextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("Fax_Home")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td> <td></td>
                </tr>
                 
                <tr>
                <td>Occupation:</td><td>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="occupation" CssClass="autocompletetextbox" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("occupation")%>'></asp:TextBox></td>
                    <td><div><asp:ImageButton ID="occhelp" ImageUrl="~/Images/help-browser.png" OnClientClick="return false;" runat="server" /></div></td>
                        <td><div id="flyout" class="wireFrame"></div>
        
   <!-- Info panel to be displayed as a flyout when the button is clicked -->
   <div id="info" style="display: none; width: 250px; z-index: 2; opacity: 0; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=0); font-size: 12px; border: solid 1px #CCCCCC; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px;">
      <div id="btnCloseParent" style="float: right; opacity: 100; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=100);">
         <asp:LinkButton id="btnClose" runat="server" 
                         OnClientClick="return false;" 
                         Text="X" ToolTip="Close"
                         Style="background-color: #666666; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border: outset thin #FFFFFF; padding: 5px;" />
      </div>
      Options will come up once you begin typing. Please select an option from the list.    
    </div></td>
                </tr>
                
                <tr>
                <td>Work E-Mail:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="email" runat="server" CssClass="emailtextbox" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("email")%>' ></asp:TextBox></td><td><asp:CheckBox ID="chkCanEmail" Checked='<%#Container.DataItem("CanEmail")%>' runat="server" />Receive E-mail Correspondence on this Address</td> 
                </tr>
                
                <td>Home E-Mail:</td><td><asp:TextBox ID="HomeEmail" runat="server" CssClass="emailtextbox" Text='<%#Container.DataItem("HomeEmail")%>'></asp:TextBox></td><td><asp:CheckBox ID="chkCanEmailHome" Checked='<%#Container.DataItem("CanEmailHome")%>' runat="server" />Receive E-mail Correspondence on this Address</td><tr>
                
               
                </tr>
                
                
               
                 <cc1:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditExtender1" TargetControlID="telwork" Mask="(999)9999999" MessageValidatorTip="true" MaskType="Number"   ErrorTooltipEnabled="true" runat="server"  ></cc1:MaskedEditExtender> 
                 <cc1:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditExtender2" TargetControlID="telhome" Mask="(999)9999999" MessageValidatorTip="true" MaskType="Number" ErrorTooltipEnabled="true" runat="server"></cc1:MaskedEditExtender>         
                
                <cc1:AutoCompleteExtender ID="OccAutoCompleteExtender" TargetControlID="occupation" ServicePath="ClService.asmx" ServiceMethod="GetOccupations" MinimumPrefixLength="2" CompletionInterval="1000" OnClientItemSelected="IAmSelected" 
                 CompletionListCssClass="autocomplete_list" CompletionListItemCssClass="autocomplete_listItem" CompletionListHighlightedItemCssClass="autocomplete_highlighted_listitem" runat="server">
                </cc1:AutoCompleteExtender>
                
                <asp:HiddenField ID="hdntest"  runat="server" />
                  

               <%-- <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RfEmail" ControlToValidate="email" runat="server" ErrorMessage="RequiredFieldValidator"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>--%>
                <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RevEmail" ControlToValidate="email" ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*Email must be in the format of [email protected]" Display="Dynamic" ></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
            </ItemTemplate> 
            <SeparatorTemplate>
            <tr>
            <td colspan="6" >
            <hr />
            </td>
            </tr>
            </SeparatorTemplate> 
            
            <FooterTemplate>
            </table> 
            </FooterTemplate> 
        </asp:Repeater>
         <div >
        <asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" Text="Save" onclick="SaveInfo"/>
        </div>
        </div>
        
        
<div class="footer">
			<img class="top-left" src="images/bottom-left.gif" />
			<img class="top-right" src="images/bottom-right.gif" />
		</div>
		</div>
    
		
</asp:Content>

[gep13]

Ok, try this:

GuardianRepeater.FindControl("hdntest")

Make sure that this actually returns something, i.e:

Dim myControl As Control = GuardianRepeater.FindControl("hdntest")

Does this work?

If it does, Cast the Control as type HiddenField, and then grab the ClientID from there.

Gary

[Nitesh]

ok thanks. we are getting somewhere now.

I tried this:

Dim itema As RepeaterItem


 If Not (ClientScript.IsClientScriptBlockRegistered("MyScript")) Then
                For Each itema In GuardianRepeater.Items

                    ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType, "MyScript", "function IAmSelected( source, eventArgs ) { document.getElementById('" & itema.FindControl("hdntest").ClientID & "').value = eventArgs.get_value();alert(document.getElementById('" & itema.FindControl("hdntest").ClientID & "').value); }", True)
                Next
            End If

not sure if this is correct to add the script multiple times though. I get the alert with the value when I select an item.

but when I loop through the repeater items to save, i only get the value of the first hiddenfield.

 For Each item In GuardianRepeater.Items

                Using con As New MySqlConnection(strConn)
    
                    Dim OccId As String = ""

                    'get fields to update
                    OccId = CType(item.FindControl("hdntest"), HiddenField).Value

[Nitesh]

please help me someone

[mendhak]

Going back to post 12 for a moment.

When the user fills in a textbox using autocomplete and fills out the rest of the form, then clicks submit - can't you just read straight from the textbox inside the repeater?

It's as if the user were typing normally (which is what they're doing anyways, you're only providing a visual cue). User clicks submit, you loop through the repeater, get each occupation textbox, read the value. I see no reason for the javascript.

[Nitesh]

Hi mendhank,

I can get the textbox text like this:

OccId = CType(item.FindControl("occupation"), TextBox).Text

but how do I get the value

[gep13]

Okay, so now I am completely lost

What is the Value that you speak of?!? Is it the value in the HiddenField? If so, then you would use exactly the same technique.

Gary

[Nitesh]

hi gary,

when i return a string array for the autocomplete i do this:

                    OccList.Add(AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteExtender.CreateAutoCompleteItem(OccReader.GetString(1), OccReader.GetUInt32(0)))

i need a way to get that value. I can get it in javascript as i've posted in above posts. But that causes issues. using your suggestion, how can i assign values to the hiddenfields, considering there are 2 or more hiddenfields on tha page

[Nitesh]

please help me find a solution someone. I've searched and searched the web and still haven't found anything