BrightIdeasSoftware.ObjectListView.ConfigureAutoComplete C# (CSharp) Method

        public void ConfigureAutoComplete(TextBox tb, OLVColumn column, int maxRows)
        {
            // Don't consider more rows than we actually have
            maxRows = Math.Min(this.GetItemCount(), maxRows);

            // Reset any existing autocomplete
            tb.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Clear();

            // CONSIDER: Should we use ClusteringStrategy here?

            // Build a list of unique values, to be used as autocomplete on the editor
            Dictionary<string, bool> alreadySeen = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
            List<string> values = new List<string>();
            for (int i = 0; i < maxRows; i++) {
                string valueAsString = column.GetStringValue(this.GetModelObject(i));
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(valueAsString) && !alreadySeen.ContainsKey(valueAsString)) {
                    values.Add(valueAsString);
                    alreadySeen[valueAsString] = true;
                }
            }

            tb.AutoCompleteCustomSource.AddRange(values.ToArray());
            tb.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
            tb.AutoCompleteMode = column.AutoCompleteEditorMode;
        }