title: how to avoid duplicate values in kendo autocomplete
body: <p>I used a <code>kendo grid</code> also over the grid has a kendo autocomplete control. The grid row contains a column has duplicate values. while searching, how to distinct the column value?</p>
  
  <pre><code>var d1 = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid").dataSource;
  $("#acProjName").kendoAutoComplete({
                dataSource: d1,
                dataTextField: "ProjectName",
                filter: "startswith",
                placeholder: "Project Name",
                change: ProjectSearch
               );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>thanks in advance?</p>