You'll have to create an edit template in the GridView where you'll have a TextBox control with the ID. In the edit template layout add an AutoComplete Extender and give it the TextBox's ID.

Alexander Turlov MCSD.NET

Hi, thanks for the answer, but frankly I don't understand what you mean by "staticly declare a user control in a View". Could you give me an example of the code of such a declaration, please? As per my code it's mostly an asp.net markup which simply declares all the controls. Because I use standard validation controls there is almost no code behind. Do you want to see a markup? Thanks in advance. Alexander Turlov Software development consultant, MCSD.NET

Situation: I have a web user control (.ascx) that consists of several text boxes with validators attached. If I place this web user control into a View container inside the MultiView control no one validation handler is called and page is always Valid. Investigation shows that validation events simply are not fired by ASP.NET. If I place the same web user control on the .aspx page it works perfectly. Documentation does not say of any special behavior of validation inside the MultiView. Any clues, explanations, tips? Alexander Turlov Software development consultant, MCSD.NET