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... := 0 //------------------------------------------------------------------------- // We use ::lAuto to control when we must search in ::aItems for typed text // We must seek in ::aItems when GET is blank or when user clear it //------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

... I note in the graphic in your first post that the items are not in alpha order and the item highlighted is not the first match to the text typed in. So your example is not working correctly. I did some testing with TCombobox and incremental searching was broken (at least in my version). ...

>Thank you. I added oCbx:lIncSearch := .t. to testcmb2.prg and does not work.

I forgot to mention that the data does need to be sorted.

>Anyway, I need a Get because the value typed on it may not be in the Array.

Then it seems that the Autoget class would be a better solution.

James

Thank you. I added oCbx:lIncSearch := .t. to testcmb2.prg and does not work.

Anyway, I need a Get because the value typed on it may not be in the Array.

See working example at http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#default

... am having problems with a get on a buttonbar type a value in the get and press enter - the first MsgInfo is blank the second MsgInfo has the value typed in. Using a valid clause and using the bKeyDown to process the valid produces the same result  @15,65 GET oFindInvc VAR cJbNo picture '@!' ...

... error in the rpreview.prg Please see line no: 71 in rpreview.prg (11.04)   DATA   oDevice, oReportf Instead of oReport, wrongly typed as oReportf. Kindly correct this line as below:   DATA   oDevice, oReport With the correction it will work correctly.

Enrico's example works fine if Caps is pressed for the first typed char.

James enhacement avoids the use of Caps.

Unless I am missing something

Dear Mr.James,

I have used oSay:SetText("New Value") in my application prg's. In this forum, by mistake I typed oSay:SetText:="some text".

I tried sysrefresh() too.

Regards
Anser

... in a get. However, if the user clicks on a control using the mouse and types a character the text of the get is not deleted and the character typed is simply inserted (or overwrites) the text in the control. Can someone confirm (or not) this problem? Clipper Help for @K picture: Deletes default ...

... an application that sends an SMS. The maximum characters I want the user to enter is 160. I would like to show the user how many chars he has typed so far. The code below doesn't work because it moves the cursor to the start of the memo field everytime a key is pressed, so typing "ABC" ...

... data to another variable like cLETTER := oRs:Fields("letter"):Value NOW, cLETTER contains the complete formatted text just as it was typed in Notepad .. formatted correctly and in three paragraphs... and you can test this and look at the document like : MsgInfo( cLETTER ) and it will ...

... confused by it. I was the one that asked for lastKey() to be added to FW many years ago. It was needed to process oGet:bChange since the last key typed wasn't in the GET buffer when bChange was eval'd. This has turned out to be a continuous issue since then due to the confusion about it. Lastkey() ...

... ( oGet[nX]:SetFocus(), oGet[nX]:KeyChar(asc("1"))) The character field fills OK but the numeric field overwrites the whole field with the number typed I planned to use the TGET class methods to build the numbers. Thanks for jumping in, regards. Euclides

... with the number of characters that the user can type. The latter is set by the lenght of the string variable. And consider that the length of the typed string depends on the typed characters, at least using a proportional font, so you'll have to use a greater horizontal GET size anyway. EMG

... to the bottom of a TXBrowse() display with the mouse wheel, then edit one of the text controls in ANY form, the SPACE bar results in a "2" being typed. The mallorca.prg sample program shows exactly the same problem. If you launch it, spin the mouse wheel to move the browse cursor to the last ...