auto searching technique

[MisterX]

Hi Devin

here's a quicky off the top of my stackhead ;)

-- card script or a field script where you type
local lastkeys

on keyup k
  put k after lastkeys
  put the long name of field "fruits" into thelist
  set the hilitedline of thelist to (lineoffset(lastkeys&k, thelist) 
  send "clearme" to me in 3 seconds
end keyup

on clearme
  put empty into lastkeys
end clearme

cheers
Xavier
http://monsieurx.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Devin Asay
> Sent: Thursday, 19 January, 2006 20:38
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: auto searching technique
> 
> I know this has been discussed before, but I'm not having any 
> luck in the archives, and I can't reach Rev Online for some 
> reason. :-(
> 
> Has anyone developed a handler for doing an active search for 
> a line in a combo box popup while typing in the combo box? So 
> if my combo box contains a list like this, in alphabetical order:
> 
> Apple
> Banana
> Cantelope
> Grape
> Kiwi
> Orange
> Peach
> Pear
> Pineapple
> Plum
> Raspberry
> Strawberry
> Watermelon
> 
> And I start typing "p", the list pops up with the first item 
> beginning with "p" hilited. Or more accurately, the first 
> item beginning with 'p' with everything after 'p' hilited. 
> Then as I continue to type "pi", Pineapple is (partially) 
> highlighted. Sort of like auto-complete in a web browser url 
> field or my Mail program's address field.
> 
> I know this can be done, but it's eluding me at the moment.
> 
> Devin
> 
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham 
> Young University
> 
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