如何异步获取TextBox的AutoComplete数据？

我们的WinForms应用程序延迟加载数据以自动完成文本框.伪代码如下:

TextBox中的用户类型

在键入暂停时,确定是否需要获取自动完成数据

在工作线程中,联系服务器并获取数据

调用回UI线程

组 textBox.AutoCompleteCustomSource = fetchedAutoCompleteStringCollection;

强制文本框下拉自动完成下拉菜单.

我目前在#6遇到麻烦.作为一个黑客,我做以下工作来模拟一个有效的按键,但它并不适用于所有情况.

     // This is a hack, but the only way that I have found to get the autocomplete
     // to drop down once the data is returned.
     textBox.SelectionStart = textBox.Text.Length;
     textBox.SelectionLength = 0;
     SendKeys.Send( " {BACKSPACE}" );

肯定有更好的办法.我无法相信我是唯一一个异步获取自动完成数据的人.我该怎么做？

编辑: Win32调用导致自动完成下拉是可以接受的.如果必须,我不介意PInvoking.

我只使用托管代码为TextBox编写了一个异步自动完成类.希望能帮助到你.

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 autoCompleteItems = GetAutocompleteItems();
            if (autoCompleteItems == null) return;
            AutoCompleteStringCollection collection = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();
            collection.AddRange(GetAutocompleteItems().ToArray());
            e.Result = collection;
        }

        protected abstract List GetAutocompleteItems();
    }

    internal delegate void SetAutocompleteSource(AutoCompleteStringCollection collection);
}

示例实施:

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 GetAutocompleteItems()
        {
            List result = new List();
            for (int i = 0; i < 2500; i++)
            {
                result.Add(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            }

            return result;
        }
    }
}

如何使用它:

 ...
 TextBox myTextbox = new TextBox();
 MockAutoCompleteSource autoComplete =
      new MockAutoCompleteSource(myTextbox);
 ...