Hi, Using Autocomplete with external data is easy. All you have to do is set autocomplete's dataprovider to external data returned in OnResult event handler.I have tried this with web service and it should work similar with RemoteObject (java in this case.
In particular example you mentioned, if you want to show lookup automatically when user types some text, you can use timer event, as user pauses for this time during typing (say 1/2 sec) you can the remoteobject/webservice method. Thanks, Ajit Gosavi --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mthielman11" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everyone. Has anyone been able to figure out how to use the autocomplete component > from adobe as a search box against data in a DB?? We only seem to be able to use it with > existing pre defined data sets. > > What we would like to do is use it as a real time filtering search box. Example. > > USe starts typing in say a last name. After they type 3-4 characters a lookup event is fired off > and the dropdown for the autocomplete appears showing potential record matches. The > records are in a db accessed via XML and java. We were able to do this with HTML and JS > using some ajax techniques and would really like to do it in flex. > > Any ideas?? >
