After looking through a number of posts here I finally got the AutoComplete in my UltraDropDown and UltraCombo grid columns working the way the user wants (using AutoCompleteMode.Append). What I've noticed is that you have to fairly quickly type in what you are looking for with no noticable hesitation between characters or the AutoComplete times out and starts over. Is there any way to change the timeout value?
Thanks, Dave
Hi Dave,
dspicer said:Possibly this is because the UltraCombo is bound to a set of data which isn't setup to allow updates.
Yes, I think that would do it.
dspicer said:The fact that the timeout can't be changed doesn't surprise me, was just hoping there might be a way.
I encourage you to Submit a feature request to Infragistics.
Mike,
I'm not sure why but in this case there is no difference between using the DropDownList or DropDown styles at least with an UltraCombo, they work the same. Possibly this is because the UltraCombo is bound to a set of data which isn't setup to allow updates.
The fact that the timeout can't be changed doesn't surprise me, was just hoping there might be a way.
The behavior you describes only happens when you are using DropDownList style and the user cannot type into the edit portion of the UltraCombo (or the grid cell). In such a case, the control or cell cannot store the text the user types, so it's stored in a buffer and that buffer eventually times out.So you may want to consider using DropDown style, instead of DropDownList.
To answer your question: No, there is no way to change the timout. I am pretty sure the time we use is intended to match the same functionality in Windows Explorer.