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Overview	Server-Side Programming Overview - RadAutoCompleteBox	Check our Web Forms article about Telerik's ASP.NET AutoCompleteBox Server-Side Programming Overview.	autocompletebox/server-side-programming/overview	overview	true	0

Server-Side Programming Overview

Properties

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Name	Type	Return Type	Description
Text	Getter	String	Gets the text of the input area.
InputType	Getter/Setter	Telerik.Web.UI.RadAutoCompleteFilter	Gets/sets the input type.

RadAutoCompleteInputType:
{
	Token,
	Text,
}

Name	Type	Return Type	Description
Filter	Getter/Setter	Telerik.Web.UI.RadAutoCompleteFilter	Gets/sets the filter type.

RadAutoCompleteFilter:
{
	StartsWith,
	Contains,
}

Name	Type	Return Type	Description
AllowCustomEntry	Getter/Setter	Bool	Determines whether custom entris will be allowed.
Attributes	Getter	System.Web.UI.AttrbuteCollection	Gets the collection of arbitrary attributes that do not correspond to the properties of the control.
Delimiter	Getter/Setter	String	Gets/sets a value indicating what delimiter should be used when the control displays the selected entries as a sequence of strings (when InputType is set to "Text").
DropDownItemTemplate	Getter/Setter	System.Web.UI.ITemplate	Gets/sets the template for the items that appear in the drop-down container.
Entries	Getter	Telerik.Web.UI.AutoCompleteBoxEntryCollection	Gets a collection of the selected entries.
ID	Getter/Setter	String	Gets/sets the server ID.
DataTextField	Getter/Setter	String	Gets/sets the field of the data source that provides the text content of the drop-down items.
DataValueField	Getter/Setter	String	Gets/sets the field of the data source that provides the value content of the drop-down items.

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Name	Parameters	Description
[EntryAdded]({%slug autocompletebox/server-side-programming/events/onentryadded%})	RadAutoCompleteBox object, AutoCompleteEntryEventArgs	Fires when an entry is added to the Entries collection of RadAutoCompleteBox. The event is raised only when the input type of RadAutoCompleteBox is set to "Token".
[EntryRemoved]({%slug autocompletebox/server-side-programming/events/onentryremoved%})	RadAutoCompleteBox object, AutoCompleteEntryEventArgs	Fires when an entry is removed from the Entries collection of RadAutoCompleteBox. The event is raised only when the input type of RadAutoCompleteBox is set to "Token".
[TextChanged]({%slug autocompletebox/server-side-programming/events/ontextchanged%})	RadAutoCompleteBox object, AutoCompleteTextEventArgs	Fires when the text is changed in the input area of RadAutoCompleteBox. The event is raised only when the input type of RadAutoCompleteBox is set to "Text".
[DropDownTemplateNeeded]({%slug autocompletebox/server-side-programming/events/ondropdowntemplateneeded%})	RadAutoCompleteBox object, AutoCompleteDropDownItemEventArgs	Fires before template is being applied to the drop-down item.