I have been trying to implement a search which search using SSN with and without dashes while using a DropDownList with Virtualization. I have everything working perfectly if you type with the "-" but also want it to work without the "-"
01.@Html.LabelFor(model => model.VisitorID)02. @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()03. .Name("VisitorID")04. .DataTextField("Value")05. .DataValueField("ID")06. .MinLength(2)07. .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:100%" })08. .Height(290)09. .Filter(FilterType.Contains)10. .DataSource(source =>11. {12. source.Custom()13. .ServerFiltering(true)14. .ServerPaging(true)15. .PageSize(80)16. .Type("aspnetmvc-ajax") //Set this type if you want to use DataSourceRequest and ToDataSourceResult instances17. .Transport(transport =>18. {19. transport.Read("Virtualization_GetVisitor", "Lookups");20. })21. .Schema(schema =>22. {23. schema.Data("Data") //define the [data](http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource#configuration-schema.data) option24. .Total("Total"); //define the [total](http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource#configuration-schema.total) option25. });26. })27. .Virtual(v => v.ItemHeight(26).ValueMapper("VisitorLookups"))28. .NoDataTemplate("<a onclick=\"addNewEntityPartial(\'Visitor\');\">Add a new Visitor</a>")29. )30. @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.VisitorID)