Fwd: Obey dontSearch properties -- not working?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Sep 15 21:23:28 EDT 2009


Paul Foraker wrote:
> (Reposting due to bounce)
> 
> Using Rev Studio 3.5, I have a 1,200 card stack with 59 fields. I want to
> replace a single character in any of the fields except one. I have that
> field's dontSearch property set to true. I set that in the Property
> Inspector and then tested it in the Message Box.
> 
> I bring up the Find and Replace dialog and check the checkbox, Obey
> dontSearch properties. But, when I search for the character (é -- accented
> e) the results include the field whose dontSearch is set to true.
> 
> Bug? Workaround?

I just did a quick test and it works here in 3.5. I tried searching for 
both a whole word and a single letter. I don't have any diacriticals in 
my test text though, I wonder if the glitch is with that. Does your 
stack honor the dontsearch if you look for a whole word?

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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