On 21/03/11 9:47 AM, "Kee Nethery" <k...@kagi.com> wrote: > OK, comboboxes appear to be rather complicated and I'm stumped. > > As a user types into a combobox I use > on rawKeyUp keyCode > to notice that a new character has been added to the combobox. > > I then do a database search to see all the data that matches the characters > currently in the combobox. > > I then replace all the data in the combobox with the data returned from the > database. This puts the first alphabetical value as the combobox label (or > whatever that is referred to). > > This all works fine. > > The thing I want to do next is to select the characters after what the user > actually typed in the ?label? of the combobox so that the next character they > type replaces all those. For example: > > user types: > > joe > > script returns > > joebill > joebob > joemammy > joemomma > > The value displayed in the combobox is now > > joebill > > and what I want "selected" in the combobox is "bill" (if capital letters > signify a selection ...) > > joeBILL > > so that if the user types "m" the combobox the script is now going to display > > joemAMMY > > and the selections presented will just be > > joemammy > joemomma > > what script would select some of the characters within "joemammy" like for > example characters "ammy" (aka characters 5 to 8)?
Hi Kee, It seems like you need to target field 0 of the control so I'd... 1. get the length of line 1 of the text of the control (tLength) 2. update the control's text as you are already doing 3. do something like "select char tLength+1 to -1 of fld 0 of me" Hopefully that will work Terry... > Thanks, > Kee Nethery > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Education Unit Melbourne Medical School The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
