<List Box>.Seek (Function)

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Seeking and selecting an element in a List Box or Combo Box control
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<List Box>.Seek (Function)

In french: <Liste>.Cherche

Seeks an element in a List Box control (standard list box or listview) or in a Combo Box control (including the values described by gStoredValue).

Note: The <List Box>.Seek function can be used on both:

Data-linked List Box control or Programmed List Box control,
single-selection or multi-selection List Box controls.

Example

// Find the element "Moore" in the List Box control "LIST_CustomerList"
ResSeek = LIST_CustomerList.Seek("Moore")

// Search for "Dubois" in List Box control linked to "LISTE_ListeClient" data
// Exact-match search from element 5
ResSeek = LIST_CustomerList.Seek("Moore", True, 5)

Syntax

<Result> = <List Box control>.Seek(<Search element> [, <Type of search> [, <Start of search>]])

<Result>: Integer

Index of the element found.
-1 if no element corresponds to the search.
The element found is not selected. To select the element found, use <List Box>.SelectPlus.

<List Box control>: Control name

Name of List Box (or Combo Box) control to use.

<Search element>: Character string

Element to find in the specified List Box (or Combo Box) control.

<Type of search>: Optional boolean

True (default value) for an exact-match search,
False for a generic search.

<Start of search>: Optional integer

Index from which the search will start in the List Box or Combo Box control.
If this parameter is not specified, the search is performed in the entire control. This parameter is ignored for controls manipulated programmatically.

Remarks

Type of search

Exact-match search:
The elements whose value is strictly equal to <Search element> are returned by <List Box>.Seek. For example:
```
// Return all the customers named "Doe" found in "LIST_Name"
LIST_Name.Seek("Doe")
```
Generic search:
The elements starting with <Search element> are returned by <List Box>.Seek. For example:
```
// Return all customers whose name starts with "SMI"
LIST_Name.Seek("SMI", False)
```

<Start of search> parameter

The <Start of search> parameter is used to find all the occurrences of a string in a List Box or Combo Box control.

For example, to count the number of names starting with "SMI" in the "LIST_CustomerList" control:

Index is int
Cnt is int = 0
// Position on the first corresponding element
Index = LISTE_ListeClient.Seek("DUP", False)
WHILE Index <> -1
	Cnt++
	// Find the next name starting with "SMI"
	Index = LISTE_ListeClient.Seek("DUP", False, Index + 1)
END

Uppercase/Lowercase characters

If the control is a List Box control populated programmatically, the search ignores the uppercase and lowercase characters.
If the field is a List Box control linked to data, the search on "Key" type fields takes into account the search options defined in the data model editor ("General" tab of the field description).

Seeking and selecting an element in a List Box or Combo Box control

To search and/or select an item present in a List Box control (or Combo Box control) linked to data, you can also use the following syntax:

LIST_OrderList.StoredItem = "CustomerID"
// Find and select the element whose CustomerID is "135"
LIST_OrderList = 135
// If the element sought is not found, LIST_OrderList will be set to -1

The sought element is selected.

Search in a List Box control or Combo Box control linked to data: search on the stored value or on the displayed value

Case 1: The List or Combo Box control is fed by a data file ("Direct access" option):
The search is performed according to the value of gStoredValueEnable:

If gStoredValueEnable(Field, True) (default): The function <List Box>.Seek FUNCTION searches on the "browse item" declared in the "Contents" tab of the field description.
If gStoredValueEnable(Field, False): The function <List Box>.Seek FUNCTION searches on the "displayed item" declared in the "Content" tab of the field description.

Case 2: The List or Combo Box control is fed by a data file ("Loaded into memory" option):
<List Box>.Seek performs the search on the "displayed item" declared in the "Content" tab of control description.

Search and selection in a List Box control linked to data

If the options used to populate the List Box control are defined in the description window of the control ("Content" tab), the following syntax can be used to seek and select an element in a List Box control:

ListBoxName = SoughtElement

The options used to populate the List Box control are:

Data file,
Displayed item,
Search item.

Description of data-related List Box control

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