ComboBox - autocompletemode and sorting problem

[Robert Stuczynski]

I add ComboBox column to GidView using this code:

GridViewComboBoxColumn stockCode = new GridViewComboBoxColumn();
      stockCode.DataSource = dbS.view_Trans_Order_StockCodes;
      stockCode.DisplayMember = "StockCode";
      stockCode.ValueMember = "StockCode";
      stockCode.FieldName = "StockCode";
      stockCode.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
      radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.Columns.Add(stockCode);

Data is displayed in GridView by I need:
- sort it. It is possible in this ComboBox? I try use like in normla ComboBox but it is not work
- using autocompletemode. I try do it but it is not working as Suggested :( I do now why

Could you help me?

[Svett]

Hi Robert Stuczynski,

If you are using GridViewComboBoxColumn with AutoCompleteMode.Suggest, you need to set DropDownStyle property to RadDropDownStyle.DropDown -- the combo box column doesn't sort its data source. In the meantime, you can sort your data source before binding it to the column. If you are using a DataTable as data source, you can use the following code snippet to sort your records:

GridViewComboBoxColumn cbColumn = new GridViewComboBoxColumn("ComboBoxColumn", "ComboBoxColumn");
cbColumn.ValueMember = "Value";
cbColumn.DisplayMember = "Name";

// Sorting your data table by Name Column
dataTable.DefaultView.Sort = "Name ASC";
cbColumn.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;

cbColumn.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
cbColumn.DropDownStyle = Telerik.WinControls.RadDropDownStyle.DropDown;
this.radGridView.Columns.Add(cbColumn);

Do not hesitate to contact us back if you need further assistance.

All the best,
Svett
the Telerik team

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[Robert Stuczynski]

AutoComplete work! Thanks

Thanks for tip about sorting. I use it:

stockCode.DataSource = dbS.view_Trans_Order_StockCodes.OrderBy(o => o.StockCode);