Release History

Release date: November 29, 2006

Removed the licensing code. AutoComplete is now licensed under our Free Binary License.

Release date: June 30, 2006

ADDED: Improved design-time support for enum types (a description appears below each enum value in the drop-down list).
FIXED: Pressing the enter key in an AutoComplete-enabled field no longer causes the existing text to be erased.

Release date: July 11, 2005

ADDED: Support for displaying icons beside suggested items using an ImageList.
ADDED: Support for displaying system icons beside suggested files.
ADDED: Support for owner-drawing list items.
ADDED: New sample application which demonstrates various owner-draw capabilities.
UPDATED: Minor performance optimizations.
FIXED: If the drop-down suggestion window appears while typing into a ComboBox, the ComboBox's drop-down list is automatically closed so that both are not on the screen at the same time.

Name	Description
AutoCompleteDrawMode	Gets or sets whether your code or the operating system will draw items in the drop-down suggestion window.
DrawItemEventArgs	Provides data for the DrawItemEventHandler event and a set of methods for drawing images, text and background fills.
DrawItemEventHandler	Represents the method that will handle the DrawItem event of a AutoCompleteManager.
MeasureItemEventArgs	Provides data for the MeasureItemEventHandler event and properties that enable you to specify the width and height of an item in the list.
MeasureItemEventHandler	Represents the method that will handle the MeasureItem event of a AutoCompleteManager.
QueryImageEventArgs	Provides data for the QueryImageEventHandler event and a property that enables you to specify which icon is displayed beside an item in the list.
QueryImageEventHandler	Represents the method that will handle the QueryImage event of a AutoCompleteManager.

Name	Description
AutoComplete.DoubleBuffer	Gets or sets whether owner drawing is performed on an offscreen buffer to reduce flicker.
AutoComplete.DrawMode	Gets or sets whether your code or the operating system will draw items in the drop-down suggestion window.
AutoComplete.ImageList	Gets or sets the ImageList which provides the icons displayed in the drop-down suggestion window.
AutoCompleteEventArgs.ItemIndex	Gets the 0-based index of the item for which the event was raised.
AutoCompleteEventArgs.ItemValue	Gets the actual item.
AutoCompleteEventArgs.VisibleIndex	Gets the 0-based index of the visible item for which the event was raised.

Name	Description
AutoCompleteEventArgs.GetFullPath	Returns the full path to the item if it represents an existing file or directory in the filesystem.

Name	Description
AutoCompleteManager.DrawItem	Occurs when an item is drawn in a drop-down suggestion window.
AutoCompleteManager.MeasureItem	Occurs when DrawMode is OwnerDraw, and an item needs to be painted in the drop-down suggestion window.
AutoCompleteManager.QueryImage	Occurs when an image needs to be chosen from an ImageList to be displayed beside an item in the drop-down suggestion window.

Release date: May 18, 2005

FIXED: The TextChanged event is properly fired for ComboBox controls.
FIXED: Fixed the DataSource property to support TextBox and ComboBox controls created at runtime, or created in a UserControl.
FIXED: Prevented an exception from being thrown at application exit, when an AutoComplete instance was not properly disposed.
FIXED: Optimized memory usage.
FIXED: The AutoComplete style (drop-down or inline) is now updated immediately when changed at runtime.

Release date: May 4, 2005

CHANGED: Eliminated product activation and greatly simplified the registration process.
CHANGED: Refactored to a single-assembly design to eliminate problems with multi-project solutions in Visual Studio.

Release date: February 18, 2005

Initial public release.