The LOOKUP cell is a databound list that performs autocompletion. In 2.8, new capabilities have been added to allow connection to a seperate gethandler that performs real-time filtering of the data.
Translation: only a subset of the data is returned as you type. This equates to a substantial performance increase on lookup cells.
How does it work?
The lookup cell calls the lookup gethandler with the searchstring argument. Eg:
The gethandler behave exactly like the Grid gethandler, and return xml data based on that search string.
How do I use it?
In the lookup column definition, specify a gethandler, and a delay time (in miliseconds) between the keystroke, and the postback for data. eg:
Demo
For a demo of the new lookup features, download Nitobi Grid 2.8 and direct your attention to the GridPointofSale demo in the Advanced folder.
