I assumed that you were talking about grouped "backGround" fields that also would have had the same id. In your case, I see, those other fields may have the same name, but will certainly have different id's, so the native find restriction option works.
I don't think there is a native way to do this with bg fields commonly used to hold data across multiple cards. You have to let LC do the work: on mouseUp lock screen put the id of this cd into currentCardID find yourString in veld nameOfYourField --can be a name now if the id of this cd <> currentCardID then go cd id currentCardID end mouseUp Ugly, but works, and simple. You will have to do this if you use "backGround" fields. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: James Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net> To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 12:43 pm Subject: Re: Find restricted to given card Thanks John. That is perfect. I changed the line from: Find "jim" in field "theText" to: Find "jim" in field id the id of field "theText" Too lazy to even look up the number. Jim John Dixon Wrote > Hi Jim... > > Just had a quick test... two cards each with a field... > > on mouseUp > find "jim" in field id 1004 > end mouseUp > > Without using the id, it finds 'Jim' in both fields as you are seeing. Using the id of the field it only looks in the one field. > > be well _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
