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Is it possible to use DataSourceRequest for Combobox filtering/Sugguesting

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Matt asked on 25 Aug 2012, 06:48 AM

Hi,

Is it possible to use DataSourceRequest when using a Combobox with auto suggest?

For example: I have created T4 templates for simple CRUD operations with the read action like so:

public ActionResult Read([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request)

I was hoping to use this Read method when populating comboboxes and server filtering for suggesting.

At the moment I have had to add the following action to get it to work.

public ActionResult Lookup(string text)

As the objects are small it would be great if there was a way to reuse the Read action and the ToDataSourceResult() extension to create the filters etc.

Is there a way? Am I missing something? Like a custom model binder or an extension method which takes the query string e.g “text=MySearch&filter[logic]=and&filter[filters][0][value]=dsds&filter[filters][0][field]=DisplayName&filter[filters][0][operator]=contains&filter[filters][0][ignoreCase]=true”

Thanks Matt

Is it possible to use DataSourceRequest for Combobox filtering/Sugguesting

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