Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response.  I would like to also clarify I am using a System.Windows.Form.BindingSource as the DataSource for the UltraCombo.DataSource, and I am changing the BindingSource's DataSource as I fetch new data.  The first step is that I set the BindingSource's DataSource = typeof(<MyBusinessObject>), then in an overriden OnEnter I ToggleDropdown().  From here, I can type 2 characters, backspace, etc and it shows the dropdown with no data since the user hasnt typed the 3rd character.  Lets say the user then types "Wil" to lookup a name "Williams".  On the 3rd character, I fire an asynchronous call to a webservice to get all people that match "Wil", which returns all people that start with "Wil" ("Wilson","Williams", etc).  Also, an observation I have made is that if the user is able to type the full text of "Williams" before the asynchronous call completes which changes the BindingSource's DataSource, that the drop down list/grid has not removed entries that start with "Wil" but that dont match the full "Williams", but instead scrolled to "Williams" in the list.  If it returns before typing is complete, then as the user types, it removes the non-matching entries from the drop down.  Also, from here, with the list visible and no data changes programmatically, if the user types "Williamson", but there are no matching entries, the list disappears.  If they backspace back to "Williams", it reappears with the matching results.  Also, if they backspace all the way to "W", the list will stay visible since "W" exists in the results.  Now, if perhaps they were looking at the wrong name, and they wanted to look for "Smith", as soon as they go back and type "S" the list disapears.  None of the data has changed at this point since the last character sequence to populate the data was "Wil".  As soon as the user has types "Smi", the call fires to retrieve matching data, but when he call returns and populates the DataSource, the drop down is now hidden and doesnt reappear as text changes, and the user doesnt realize there are matches.

I am sorry if this is long winded, I just wanted to give you as much information as I could.  I am new to Infragistics, but if I had to guess, it relates to the filter process.  I would like to be able to show an empty drop down grid when there are no matches, instead of losing the drop down.

 Thanks again for the help,

Rob Stallworth

Here is basically the code:

public class UltraNameCombo : Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.UltraCombo
{
    private System.Windows.Forms.BindingSource bs = new System.Windows.Forms.BindingSource();
    private string _lookedUpText = string.Empty;
    public UltraNameCombo()
    {
        AutoCompleteMode = Infragistics.Win.AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
        bs.DataSource = typeof(MasterName);
        DataSource = bs;
        ValueMember = "SurName";
        DisplayMember = "SurName";
    }
    protected override void OnEnter(EventArgs e)
    {
        ToggleDropdown();
        base.OnEnter(e);
    }
    protected override void OnKeyPress(System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        if (Text.Length == 3 && Text != _lookedUpText)
            LookupName();
        base.OnKeyPress(e);
    }
    void LookupName()
    {
        _lookedUpText = Text;
        //create webservice
        webservice.LookupNameCompleted+=new LookupNameCompletedEventHandler(service_LookupNameCompleted);
        webservice.LookupNameAsync(_lookedUpText);
    }
    void service_LookupNameCompleted(object sender, LookupNameCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        bs.DataSource = e.Result;
    }
}

Hi Rob,

Well, as I said, something in your code must be causing the dropdown to close. So you need to find out what that is. Maybe you could put a breakpoint in the CloseUp event of the control and then examine the call stack to see what is making it close. 

Hi Mike,

I am also interested in knowing what causes the dropdown to close, because I want that it stays open so that the user can select several items.

Where exactly is this CloseUp event triggered so that I can put a breakpoint ?

By the way, there is a problem with this forum. It seems that if you put no Tags with your reply, there is an error and your text gets lost ! And Tags are really a pain to use, at least with Firefox it does not work well.

Actually it does not seem to be because I put no tags. There is an error each time I post a reply, but the reply is posted anyway.

I am not in luck since my version of Infragistics is from 2008. But I think Mike's tip will help me, with this workaround I should get my multi select combo box ! :)

If you are using version 2009 Volume 1 and later you can take advantage of the

CheckedListSettings property off UltraCombo. Also you will need to set the

CheckedListSettings.ItemCheckArea property to Item, so that the drop down list does not close when an item is being clicked. By default, the ItemCheckArea property is set to Checkbox.

Hi Mike,

ok I think I have to explain my point a little better, so forget what I wrote before... :)

I have an UltraCombo drop down with a list of selectable items. The problem is: the drop down list closes every time I click on an item. What I actually want is that I can select several items and only then choose to close the drop down.

Since it does not seem to be possible to keep the drop down list visible by a setting of the control, I am trying to figure out a way to reopen the list as soon as it closes up. But I could not make it with an event like AfterCloseUp, the function toggleDropDown seems to have no effect.

So my actual question is : is it only possible to "Keep UltraCombo drop down list visible" ?

Hi

It looks like we may have been having a problem with our forums at the time you posted here, so I never got a notification of your post.

Anyway... I'm a little lost on what your question is. You are not sure how to hook an event on a control? This is one of the simplest and most basic things you can do when programming in Visual Studio and you would hardly be able to write even the simplest application without know how to do this, so I'm sure I must be misunderstanding the question. :)