Multiple values when using Server Filtering

[Toby]

How do I filter when I have the option for multiple selections using the Separator property

I have a Read action set up which passes the search data through to my controller and I have a client side script set up for the additional data

When a user has selected one user and then starts typing for the second user this pass "Name One; Nam" to the controller.

$("#distributionList").val() is passing the whole string and not the new search for the second name. How can I pass just the text that is being typed in and not the previously selected users.

 

1.function onDistributionListAdditionalData(obj) {
2.                return {
3.                    text: $("#distributionList").val()
4.                };
5.            }

[Peter Milchev]

Hello Toby,

You could split the string by the separator and get the last occurrence either on Client-side: 

function onDistributionListAdditionalData(obj) {
    var autoComplete = $("#distributionList").data("kendoAutoComplete");
    var separator = autoComplete.options.separator;
    var value = autoComplete.value();
    var values = value.split(separator);
    if (values.length == 0) {
        return {
            text: value
        };
    }
    else {
        return {
            text: values[values.length - 1]
        };
    }
}

or Server-side:

function onDistributionListAdditionalData(obj) {
    var autoComplete = $("#distributionList").data("kendoAutoComplete");
    var separator = autoComplete.options.separator;
    var value = autoComplete.value();
    var values = value.split(separator);
    if (values.length == 0) {
        return {
            text: value,
            separator: autoComplete.options.separator
        };
    }
    else {
        return {
            text: values[values.length - 1],
            separator: autoComplete.options.separator
        };
    }
}

public JsonResult GetProducts(string text, string separator)
{
    text = text.Split(new string[] { separator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Last();
    . . .
}

Regards,
Peter Milchev
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