How to get the SmartAutoCompleteExtender to work with ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 RTM

If you are using the SmartAutoCompleteExtender by Infinities Loop with pre-release versions of Atlas, and you just upgraded to the new ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 RTM release, you will have to make some minor changes to the SmartAutoCompleteExtender code for it to work again.

1. In the project where the SmartAutoCompleteExtender resides, add a reference to the AjaxControlToolkit.dll assembly. This is now required since the AutoCompleteExtender, on which the SmartAutoCompleteExtender is based, is now part of the AJAX Control Toolkit project. Download it and add a reference to its assembly in your own project(s). (Thank you Dave for reminding me!)

2. In SmartAutoCompleteBehavior.js, go to the end of the file and replace the last line with the following. Note the namespace of the base AutoCompleteBehavior has changed.

i88.UI.SmartAutoCompleteBehavior.registerClass(
    'i88.UI.SmartAutoCompleteBehavior',
    AjaxControlToolkit.AutoCompleteBehavior);

3. In SmartAutoCompleteExtender.cs, add a using reference to the AjaxControlToolkit namespace.

using AjaxControlToolkit;

4. In SmartAutoCompleteExtender.cs, go to the method GetScriptReferences() and change the first reference line with the following. Note the parameters to the call need to be changed.

references.Add(new ScriptReference(
    "AjaxControlToolkit.AutoComplete.AutoCompleteBehavior.js",
    "AjaxControlToolkit"));

5. In SmartAutoCompleteExtender.cs, go to the method GetScriptDescriptors() and change the line containing serviceURL to servicePath.

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ServicePath))
{
    sbd.AddProperty("servicePath", ResolveClientUrl(ServicePath));
}

6. In SmartAutoCompleteExtender.cs, go to the method GetScriptDescriptors() and change the line containing completionElementID to completionList.

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CompletionListElementID))
{
    sbd.AddElementProperty("completionList", CompletionListElementID);
}

If you made the necessary reference changes to the new assemblies and updated your Web.config you should be up and running in no time.

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