By default, the FilterBarPromptType property is exFilterPromptContainsAll. The filter prompt feature allows you to filter the items as you type while the filter bar is visible on the bottom part of the list area. The Filter prompt feature allows at runtime filtering data on hidden columns too. Use the FilterBarPromptVisible property to show the filter prompt. Use the FilterBarPrompt property to specify the HTML caption being displayed in the filter bar when the filter pattern is missing. The FilterBarPromptPattern property specifies the pattern to filter the list. The FilterBarPromptColumns property specifies the list of columns to be used when filtering by prompt. Use the FilterBarCaption property to change the caption in the filter bar once a new filter is applied.

The FilterBarPromptType property supports the following values:

• exFilterPromptContainsAll, The list includes the items that contains all specified sequences in the filter (FilterBarPromptPattern property). Can be combined with exFilterPromptCaseSensitive, exFilterPromptStartWords, exFilterPromptEndWords or exFilterPromptWords
• exFilterPromptContainsAny, The list includes the items that contains any of specified sequences in the filter (FilterBarPromptPattern property). Can be combined with exFilterPromptCaseSensitive, exFilterPromptStartWords, exFilterPromptEndWords or exFilterPromptWords
• exFilterPromptStartWith, The list includes the items that starts with any specified sequences in the filter (FilterBarPromptPattern property). Can be combined with exFilterPromptCaseSensitive, exFilterPromptStartWords, exFilterPromptEndWords or exFilterPromptWords
• exFilterPromptEndWith, The list includes the items that ends with any specified sequences in the filter (FilterBarPromptPattern property). Can be combined with exFilterPromptCaseSensitive, exFilterPromptStartWords, exFilterPromptEndWords or exFilterPromptWords
• exFilterPromptPattern, The filter indicates a pattern that may include wild characters to be used to filter the items in the list. The FilterBarPromptPattern property may include wild characters as follows:
  • '?' for any single character
  • '*' for zero or more occurrences of any character
  • '#' for any digit character
  • ' ' space delimits the patterns inside the filter