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Taking my inspiration from Jan Tielen's control http://www.codeplex.com/smarttools/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Autocomplete%20Text%20Field, I decided to build my own with the difference that

- The field is a lookup field (derived from SPFieldLookup)
- You don't need to install the ASP.NET AJAX Framework

I did it that way because in some environments, it's often tricky to change the production system by installing the AJAX framework and/or some service packs. This component embedds "manual" AJAX calls towards the SharePoint Web Service so that you don't need to install anything special to make it working.

Here are a few screenshots illustrating how to use the component. You just add the field to a list as you would with a standard SharePoint field

createfield.JPG

When creating a list item, you use the textbox to start typing your keyword, the AJAX query (performed after each typing) returns maximum 10 relevant items.

newitem.JPG

Update in V2

The returned list is a dynamic HTML table instead of a HTML Select tag
img10.JPG

Additional Notes:

Note that this field behaves the same way than the standard SharePoint lookup field except that:

- It cannot be multi-valuated
- the target lookup field is frozen and always the Title field
Last edited Jun 1 at 10:02 AM  by StephaneEyskens, version 5
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