RadSearchbox is missing.

[Saira]

Hi,
In my visual studio intellisense radsearchbox is missing. i m using telerik 2012 dll. please help.

Thank you.
Saira.

[Princy]

Hello Saira,

In Visual Studio, the intellisense is missing because the particular RadControl is not available with the Telerik 2012 DLL version. Please upgrade your Telerik RadControls to Q1 2013 version.

Thanks,
Princy.

[Saira]

Thanks princy. i updated and its working fine. I want to know how to bind the searchbox using WCF.

[Princy]

Hello Saira,

You need to specify the path to the service and the name of the service method in the WebServiceSettings' Path and Method properties. Please have a look at the following code that demonstrate how to bind RadSearchBox through WCF service.

ASPX:

<telerik:RadSearchBox runat="server" ID="RadSearchBox1">
    <DropDownSettings Height="400" Width="300" />
    <WebServiceSettings Path="LoadEntriesWCF.svc" Method="GetResults" />
</telerik:RadSearchBox>

C#:

[OperationContract]
public static SearchBoxItemData[] GetResults(SearchBoxContext context)
{
    DataTable data = GetData(context.Text);

    List<SearchBoxItemData> result = new List<SearchBoxItemData>();

    for (int i = 0; i < data.Rows.Count; i++)
    {
        SearchBoxItemData itemData = new SearchBoxItemData();
        itemData.Text = data.Rows[i]["ProductName"].ToString();
        itemData.Value = data.Rows[i]["ProductId"].ToString();

        result.Add(itemData);
    }

    return result.ToArray();
}

private static DataTable GetData(string filterString)
{
    SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnectionString"].ConnectionString);
    SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT [ProductId], [ProductName] FROM [Products] WHERE [ProductName] LIKE '%' + @filterString + '%' ORDER BY [ProductId]");
    command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@filterString", filterString);
    command.Connection = connection;
    SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(command);

    DataTable data = new DataTable();
    adapter.Fill(data);
    return data;
}

Hope this helps,
Princy.

[Saira]

Hello Princy,

How to set the width and height of the searchbox popup?

[Princy]

Hello Saira,

I believe you want to set the width and height of the RadSearchBox drop-down instead of popup. Please try the following mark-up to set the width and height of the drop-down.

ASPX:

<telerik:RadSearchBox runat="server" ID="RadSearchBox2">
    <DropDownSettings Width="100px" Height="200px" />
</telerik:RadSearchBox>

Thanks,
Princy.