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Listing 32.1 - AutoCompletePageMethod.aspx

Listing 32.1 - AutoCompletePageMethod.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="ajax" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit"  %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Linq" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    [System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
    public static string[] GetSuggestions(string prefixText, int count)
    {
        MyDatabaseDataContext db = new MyDatabaseDataContext();
        return db.Movies
            .Where( m => m.Title.StartsWith(prefixText) )
            .OrderBy( m => m.Title )
            .Select( m => m.Title)
            .Take(count)
            .ToArray();
    }

    protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblSelectedMovieTitle.Text = txtMovieTitle.Text;
    }
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>AutoComplete Page Method</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="sm1" runat="server" />
    
    <asp:Label
        id="lblMovieTitle"
        Text="Movie:"
        AssociatedControlID="txtMovieTitle"
        Runat="server" />
    <asp:TextBox
        id="txtMovieTitle"
        AutoComplete="off"
        Runat="server" />
    <ajax:AutoCompleteExtender
        id="ace1"
        TargetControlID="txtMovieTitle"
        ServiceMethod="GetSuggestions"
        MinimumPrefixLength="1"
        runat="server" />    
    <asp:Button
        id="btnSubmit"
        Text="Submit"
        OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" 
        Runat="server" />
    
    <br /><br />
    
    <asp:Label
        id="lblSelectedMovieTitle"
        runat="server" />
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>