Я написал класс асинхронного автозаполнения для TextBox:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace TextboxAutocomplete
{
public abstract class AutoCompleteSource
{
private TextBox mTextBox;
private AutoCompleteMode mAutoCompleteMode;
public AutoCompleteSource(TextBox textbox) :
this(textbox, AutoCompleteMode.Suggest) { }
public AutoCompleteSource(TextBox textbox, AutoCompleteMode mode)
{
if (textbox == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("textbox");
if (textbox.IsDisposed)
throw new ArgumentException("textbox");
mTextBox = textbox;
mAutoCompleteMode = mode;
mTextBox.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.None;
BackgroundWorker autoCompleteLoader = new BackgroundWorker();
autoCompleteLoader.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(autoCompleteLoader_DoWork);
autoCompleteLoader.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(autoCompleteLoader_RunWorkerCompleted);
autoCompleteLoader.RunWorkerAsync();
}
void autoCompleteLoader_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
AutoCompleteStringCollection collection = e.Result as AutoCompleteStringCollection;
if (collection == null) return;
if (mTextBox.InvokeRequired)
{
mTextBox.Invoke(new SetAutocompleteSource(DoSetAutoCompleteSource), new object[] { collection });
}
else
{
DoSetAutoCompleteSource(collection);
}
}
protected void DoSetAutoCompleteSource(AutoCompleteStringCollection collection)
{
if (mTextBox.IsDisposed) return;
mTextBox.AutoCompleteMode = mAutoCompleteMode;
mTextBox.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
mTextBox.AutoCompleteCustomSource = collection;
}
void autoCompleteLoader_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
List<string> autoCompleteItems = GetAutocompleteItems();
if (autoCompleteItems == null) return;
AutoCompleteStringCollection collection = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();
collection.AddRange(GetAutocompleteItems().ToArray());
e.Result = collection;
}
protected abstract List<string> GetAutocompleteItems();
}
internal delegate void SetAutocompleteSource(AutoCompleteStringCollection collection);
}
Пример реализации:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace TextboxAutocomplete
{
class MockAutoCompleteSource : AutoCompleteSource
{
public MockAutoCompleteSource(TextBox textbox)
: base(textbox)
{
}
protected override List<string> GetAutocompleteItems()
{
List<string> result = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < 2500; i++)
{
result.Add(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
}
return result;
}
}
}
Как это использовать:
...
TextBox myTextbox = new TextBox();
MockAutoCompleteSource autoComplete =
new MockAutoCompleteSource(myTextbox);
...