Hello David, I've been trying to work through Calvin's example but it's not working for me and I don't (yet) know why.
I'm also working through an example from Jorge Mota, but that's also not working for me. I guess today is the day for hitting my head against the wall. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of FoxForward 2007 foxforward.net David Stevenson wrote: > Kevin, > > No, AutoCompleteTable cannot point to a cursor -- you must point it to an > actual table. I suspect that VFP handles the opening of the table as needed > in a hidden, private data session and does not allow you to point it to > anything other than a table that it can open. > > As for your other very interesting questions, I have no idea, but it sounds > like you might have fun experimenting. > > Here is one of Calvin's blog entries that involves looking at the > autocomplete table as it's changing... > > http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2005/08/04/447735.aspx > > David Stevenson > http://www.talkingfox.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kevin Cully > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Autocomplete Textbox > > My client is wanting more "Access" like functionality out of their > application. They used to have a textbox with Autocomplete like > functionality where they would type and it would complete that field for > them. That worked fine when they had 100s of values, but now they are > in the 1000s and are on their way up. > > Can I have the MyTextbox.AutoCompTable point to a cursor? Perhaps in > the INIT of the Textbox put a THIS.AutoCompTable = DBF('MyCursorName') > > Can I manipulate the contents of that cursor during the > MyTextbox.InteractiveChange method to call out to something that zaps > and repopulates that cursor? > > Eventually, I'd like to sublcass a textbox to encapsulate some of this > functionality. > > So far, my tests aren't working at all. No popup is showing up. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
