Extend AutoCompleteExtender behavior

I have written the webservcie to parse the prefixText on semicolom ";" (if present) and return completion list based on the character after the semicolon. That works great, however on the client when a value from the completion list is selected, it overwrites the text box contents.

So for first case I type a charcter 'a' and select ASP from the list, then I add ASP;c to the text box and get a completion list with values {"C#","Code"}. On selecting C# it overwrites the contents in the text box, I want it to be ASP;C#

I want to extend this behavior to append the selection from completion list to the contents of the text box in order to implement gmail type functionality.

Has anyoneout there tried to implement the sutocomplete extender this way.

Thanks in advance.

This is an interesting idea that I had not thought about. It should be possible already using my custom auto complete extender (see signature). I raise an event when an item is selected letting you pass back the string that you want in the textbox. I do this because I use objects instead of just strings returned from my website, so I need to be able to pick the text I want to place in the textbox. So, you could handle this event and append the values and pass the entire value back.

Thank you for a prompt reply.

Its possible to send back the whole string to the completion list. So for first search "a" will yield ASP. Adding ASP;c to the text box will have to get {"ASP;C#","ASP;Code"}

This approach might not help if the text is long (like email address) and won't look as if it is enhancing the user experience either. Is there any other way to achieve this.

Thanks Again

Any other ideas how to achieve this.

Is there a way to add this to the enhancement list with the Atlas team?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Again.

Event Management Project - General Questions

Hello,

I have been given the project of writing a web based Event Management Suite. I have a pretty good knowledge of ASP.NET and C# but would like to use AJAX for this project to elimate postbacks.

Goal:
- To create an interface that allows the user to visually define an actual venue.
- The user would define the size of the grid they need for the Event Location they want to define.
- The user would then be presented with a grid of the size they defined. The default type for each coordinate on the grid the user defined would be Floor.
- A graphic would be inserted into each coordinate on the grid to represent type Floor.
- The user would then be able to define two other types for each location in the grid.
- Seat
- Stage
- The graphic on the designated coordinate would change to reflect the defined type.
- The user would then be able to define the properties for the seats.
- Seat Name (ie A1, B2, C3)

This is only the first part of creating the Event Management Suite. But the Location must be defined before any of the other Event Properties can be defined.

Questions:
1. Is AJAX suited for this task.
2. If so what controls would you advise me to learn about and use.

I'm completely new to AJAX, so the more specific you are with answer and suggestions the better.

Thanks for helping me with this!!

You could accomplish this by utilizing the ASP.NETAjax Control Toolkit and Microsoft AJAX RC1. However, it would probably take a good amount of time to get the positioning of all of your elements/objects just right.

You should look at utlizing the ResizableControl and the DragPanel Control inside of the Ajax Control ToolKit. You might have to create your own control utlizing the DragOverlayExtender Class, and possibly the DragDropManager client side component.

However, even though these controls exist it would probably be easier and take less time if you have Flash experience to develop this kind of system. It provides better control for bounding boxes on dragging, duplicating movie clips and alot of other easy UI functionality. Plus you can then keep everything as far as the data behind the Event Layouts in XML for instance and pass the information to a Web Service that you create which in turn can store it in a database.

Just a few cents from my point of view. Definetely possibly in ASP.NET with ASP.NET Microsoft Ajax, it just will take you a bit of time to make sure the positioning and data behind it all works out.

Good luck,

JoeWeb