autocompletebox problem

[ahmed]

i have autocompletebox that is connected to a database to get autocomplete items

 

the problem is that i can't search with what i type unless i start with the the first letters of the value as an example :

hot tea

i have to type hot to find the value what i want is that i type tea or even 2 letters ea to find the value

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Ahmed,

Thank you for writing.  
 
In order to enable autocomplete functionality with "contains" searching it is necessary to simply set the RadAutoCompleteBox.AutoCompleteMode property to AutoCompleteMode.Suggest. 

this.radAutoCompleteBox1.AutoCompleteDataSource = this.productsBindingSource;
this.radAutoCompleteBox1.AutoCompleteDisplayMember = "ProductName";
this.radAutoCompleteBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help. 
Regards,
Dess
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