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when you say "Within A Program" Do you mean?
1. When modifying a PRG
2. A text search with a locate command in a running program.
If 1. I do not think there is a way
if 2. found()
David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
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1. When modifying a PRG
2. A text search with a locate command in a running program.
If 1. I do not think there is a way
if 2. found()
David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644
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David,
In a Foxpro program I search for a character string in a
large Memo field by stuffing the KEYBOARD buffer with
"Ctrl+F" (KEYBOARD "{Ctrl+F}"
, then stuff the cstring to find (KEYBOARD "cstring", then move the cursor to the "FIND" Button (KEYBOARD "{dnarrow}" twice), then (KEYBOARD "{enter}" executes the search.
I want to be able to evaluate if the program returns a "Not Found".
I can do the same thing with AT() command but I would like to know if there is anyway to capture the response from the
Ctrl-F search.
Harryjr
In a Foxpro program I search for a character string in a
large Memo field by stuffing the KEYBOARD buffer with
"Ctrl+F" (KEYBOARD "{Ctrl+F}"
, then stuff the cstring to find (KEYBOARD "cstring", then move the cursor to the "FIND" Button (KEYBOARD "{dnarrow}" twice), then (KEYBOARD "{enter}" executes the search. I want to be able to evaluate if the program returns a "Not Found".
I can do the same thing with AT() command but I would like to know if there is anyway to capture the response from the
Ctrl-F search.
Harryjr
I have not found any documentation of a stored value for a the find feature. As I can not answer your question.
However
Since you are using a memo field I suggest you look at the ATLINE() or ATCLINE() functions. They are faster in a memeo search then AT(). David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644
However
Since you are using a memo field I suggest you look at the ATLINE() or ATCLINE() functions. They are faster in a memeo search then AT(). David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644
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ChrisCarroll
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- Oct 10, 2000
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If you like a challenge ...
After a successful search, the found text is selected in the memo field. So:
You could, after the {Ctrl+F}, issue a {Ctrl+C}, to copy the text to the clipboard. Then use
to test whether the clipboard contains anything - ie whether your search text was found.
There are certainly pitfalls:
1) Before doing the second and subsequent {Ctrl+F} you will have to deselect the selected text. You can achieve this by using
(at the risk of sometimes misplacing the cursor by a character) because moving the cursor will clear the selection.
2) You probably have to clear the clipboard before each search as well:
If you're really keen, I think it could all work ;-)
After a successful search, the found text is selected in the memo field. So:
You could, after the {Ctrl+F}, issue a {Ctrl+C}, to copy the text to the clipboard. Then use
Code:
If _cliptext== ""There are certainly pitfalls:
1) Before doing the second and subsequent {Ctrl+F} you will have to deselect the selected text. You can achieve this by using
Code:
Keyb "{RightArrow}{LeftArrow}"2) You probably have to clear the clipboard before each search as well:
Code:
_cliptext=""If you're really keen, I think it could all work ;-)
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