Character Search within ComboBox

[cdmmaui]

Hello,

Is it possible to search for characrters within a ComboBox for example, if user types chacters CT it move to CTN instead of moving to TUB (first item that begins with T). I tried the following code with no luck.

REDEFINE COMBOBOX aGet[5] VAR cUnit ID 105 ITEMS aUnit OF oDlg STYLE CBS_DROPDOWN <<<-------- I JUST ADDED THIS AND HAD NO EFFECT EITHER.
aGet[5]:oGet:bKeyDown = { | nKey | ComboSearchItem( nKey, aGet[5] ) }

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//
function ComboSearchItem( nKey, oCbx )

local nAt

if Len( AllTrim( oCbx:oGet:GetText() ) ) == 1
if ( nAt := AScan( oCbx:aItems, { | c | Left( c, 1 ) == AllTrim( oCbx:oGet:GetText() ) } ) ) != 0
oCbx:oGet:SetText( oCbx:aItems[ nAt ] )
return 0
endif
endif

return nKey

[MarcoBoschi]

try this:


@ 1 , 1 COMBOBOX oCombo VAR cCombo OF oDLG ITEMS aItems STYLE CBS_DROPDOWN SIZE 100 , 200
@ 1 , 20 GET oGet VAR cGet OF oDlg

oCombo:lIncSearch := .T.
oCombo:oGet:bKeyChar = { | nKey | premi_combo( nKey, oCombo ) }

ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTER

RETURN NIL


FUNCTION PREMI_COMBO( nKey , oCombo )
DO CASE
CASE nKey = VK_RETURN
nKey := VK_TAB
OTHERWISE

ENDCASE

RETURN oCombo:KeyChar( ASC( UPPER( CHR( nKey ) ) ) )

[cdmmaui]

Hello Marco,

I tried this and it did not work. I trying to peform the following within a combobox. For example if the items consists of the following: LOT, LBS, PCS, PKG, PLT, PND, PPL

I want the user to be able press keys PLT and move directly item PLT, now when the user presses P it goes to first p, in this case PCS, but then when they press L, it goes to first L, in this case LOT.

Is something available that could help?

Thank you,

[Antonio Linares]

Darrell,

You just need to do:

oComboBox:lIncSearch = .T.

With more recent FWH version, it is not needed that the user types the whole word. It searches on each keystroke:

viewtopic.php?p=131939#p131939

[cdmmaui]

Hi Antonio,

I am using FWHX 11.11; I will try now.

Thank you,