The quick start guides you through the steps of adding an AutoComplete control to your MVC web application and add data to it. For information on how to add ASP.NET MVC Edition controls, see Adding Controls.

Follow the steps given below to get started:

Create an MVC Application

Create a new MVC application using the ComponentOne or VisualStudio templates. For more information about creating an MVC application, see Configuring your MVC Application topic.

Create a Data Source for AutoComplete

1. Add a new class to the folder Models (for example: Countries.cs).
2. Add the following code to the new model to define the classes that serve as a datasource for the AutoComplete control.

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   using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; namespace MVCFlexGrid.Models { public class Countries { public static List<string> GetCountries() { return new List<string> { "Afghanistan", "Albania", "Algeria", "American Samoa", "Andorra", "Angola", "Anguilla", "Antigua", "Argentina", "Armenia", "Aruba", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahamas", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Benin", "Bermuda", "Bhutan", "Bolivia", "Bonaire", "Bosnia", "Botswana", "Brazil", "Brunei", "Bulgaria", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cambodia", "Cameroon", "Canada", "Canary Islands", "Cape Verde", "Cayman Islands", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "China", "Christmas Island", "Cocos Island", "Colombia", "Comoros", "Congo", "Cook Islands", "Costa Rica", "Cote D'Ivoire", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Curacao", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Djibouti", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "East Timor", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "El Salvador", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Falkland Islands", "Faroe Islands", "Fiji", "Finland", "France", "French Guiana", "French Polynesia", "French Southern Ter", "Gabon", "Gambia", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Gibraltar", "Great Britain", "Greece", "Greenland", "Grenada", "Guadeloupe", "Guam", "Guatemala", "Guinea", "Guyana", "Haiti", "Honduras", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Israel", "Italy", "Jamaica", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya", "Kiribati", "Korea North", "Korea South", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", "Latvia", "Lebanon", "Lesotho", "Liberia", "Libya", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macau", "Macedonia", "Madagascar", "Malaysia", "Malawi", "Maldives", "Mali", "Malta", "Marshall Islands", "Martinique", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mayotte", "Mexico", "Midway Islands", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Mongolia", "Montserrat", "Morocco", "Mozambique", "Myanmar", "Nambia", "Nauru", "Nepal", "Netherland Antilles", "Netherlands", "Nevis", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Nicaragua", "Niger", "Nigeria", "Niue", "Norfolk Island", "Norway", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palau Island", "Palestine", "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Philippines", "Pitcairn Island", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Qatar", "Republic of Montenegro", "Republic of Serbia", "Reunion", "Romania", "Russia", "Rwanda", "St Barthelemy", "St Eustatius", "St Helena", "St Kitts-Nevis", "St Lucia", "St Maarten", "Saipan", "Samoa", "Samoa American", "San Marino", "Saudi Arabia", "Scotland", "Senegal", "Serbia", "Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "Solomon Islands", "Somalia", "South Africa", "Spain", "Sri Lanka", "Sudan", "Suriname", "Swaziland", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Syria", "Tahiti", "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Togo", "Tokelau", "Tonga", "Trinidad Tobago", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Turks & Caicos Is", "Tuvalu", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay", "Uzbekistan", "Vanuatu", "Vatican City State", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Virgin Islands (British)", "Virgin Islands (USA)", "Wake Island", "Yemen", "Zaire", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe" }; } } }

Add an AutoComplete control

Complete the following steps to initialize an AutoComplete control.

Add a new Controller

1. In the Solution Explorer, right click the folder Controllers.
2. From the context menu, select Add | Controller. The Add Scaffold dialog appears.
3. Complete the following steps in the Add Scaffold dialog:
   1. Select Empty MVC Controller template.
   2. Set name of the controller (for example: Default1Controller).
   3. Click Add.
4. Include the MVC references as shown below.

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   using C1.Web.Mvc.Serializition;

5. Replace the method Index() with the following method.

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   public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Countries = MVCFlexGrid.Models.Countries.GetCountries(); return View(); }

Add a View for the Controller

1. From the Solution Explorer, expand the folder Controllers and double click the controller QuickStartController to open it.
2. Place the cursor inside the method QuickStart().
3. Right click and select Add View. The Add View dialog appears.
4. In the Add View dialog, verify that the view name is QuickStart and View engine is Razor (CSHTML).
5. Click Add. A view is added for the controller.
6. Instantiate a FlexChart control in the view QuickStart as shown below.

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   @using TagFlexGrid.Models @{ List<string> countries = ViewBag.Countries; } <style> .highlight { background-color: #ff0; color: #000; } </style> <div> <label>Type your country</label> <c1-auto-complete css-match="highlight"> <c1-items-source source-collection="@countries"> </c1-items-source> </c1-auto-complete> </div>

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Build and Run the Project

1. Click Build | Build Solution to build the project.
2. Press F5 to run the project.
   Append the folder name and view name to the generated URL (for example: http://localhost:1234/QuickStart/QuickStart) in the address bar of the browser to see the view.