title: Kendo AutoComplete - force users to make valid selection
body: <p>I've got a few Kendo AutoComplete fields linked to remote data (hundreds of possibilities, so DropDownList is not an option).</p>
  
  <p>How can I force users to make a selection from the displayed list?</p>
  
  <p>I'm also retrieving the additional data that's returned from the data source, e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#station").kendoAutoComplete({
      dataSource: stationData,
      minLength: 2,
      dataTextField: 'name',
      select: function(e){
          var dataItem = this.dataItem(e.item.index());
          console.dir(dataItem);
      }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm doing additional stuff with the data in <code>dataItem</code> and it needs to be a valid selection.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
  <p>SOLVED:
  I think I was possibly over-complicating things. The answer is pretty simple and is posted below.</p>