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[Albireo]

I have done a test window (the code is below).

where you can select either "one" or" two" and give a value in a "box".
that's OK!

But Now I want, either "directly" or when I press the button -

Example:
If I chose "One", I want the value in the box will come to place "one" to the right and
if I chose "Two", I want the value in the box will come to place "two" to the right

(have tried to explain the concept that does not work in the code)
Hope I could explain my desire

[MasterFocus]

[jaco0646]

I think this might be what you want.

[Albireo]

Thank you! But not really what I want

I try to explain again
I added these 4 lines to better show my desire:

[jaco0646]

Ah, I think I get it now. You want to populate a form with information from a database using incremental search.

We will probably need at least a sample of the database (CSV) and ideally a picture of what the form should look like. Actually, it sounds more ambitious than what I'm interested in right now, so when I say "we" I mean "somebody else."

P.S. I wrote this little bit before it occurred to me that it's not what you want; but you might learn something from it anyway, so here it is.

[da_boogie_man]

Is this something like you wanted?:

>>TESTED<<

[Albireo]

Thank you every one!

Yes, it was something like that I wanted from the beginning.
All 3 examples have their advantages.

I'll shall feel which solution makes the most sense.
But above all, I got ideas on possible solutions.

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It was now at the end, I thought that, maybe an
"incremental search" would feel most natural.

The wish is probably not so unusual?.
But I don't really know what to look at
Does anyone know any examples about that?

the problem is:
While you press in character for character,
there is a "loop" to compare a variable string with a field and get the "best" value from that.
I have no idea to do that

Anyway. Thanks so long.

//Jan

[da_boogie_man]

Can you give us an example of a string you would need to search?

If the field you want is structured string and would always be in the same position within the structure you can Parse the string until you hit that field:

Let's say we want the last field {the easiest in this case}:

[Albireo]

Thank you!

[Albireo]

Will develop the functionality even more.

Take this example because. the code is short and clear

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[jaco0646]

I suggest using GuiControl, Focus rather than ControlFocus and using the Checked option for the first radio button (as in my second post above).
The focus subroutine is probably more useful if it selects all the text in the edit control rather than just moving the caret there.

[Albireo]

Thank you!

It works for me

//Jan

[jaco0646]

I have one more suggestion, since it's on my mind from a different thread. I often see code, even from veteran scripters, that ends the auto-execute section (with a return) but GoSubs over that return to the next subroutine rather than just including the subroutine in the auto-execute section.

In this case deleting two lines produces the same functionality by lettting the auto-execute section fall through.

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@jaco0646
I thought about it but left it that way because I thought it would make it clearer what was happening. If the code was for my own use I would have changed it.