Subject Re: Grid search From Robbie Nott <robnott@mweb.co.za> Date Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:46:10 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 9/24/2020 7:14 PM, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 9/24/2020 9:05 AM, Robbie Nott wrote: >> Hi dBase >> >> Am wanting to do a search ( like the SeekerSQL ) but from a Grid. >> >> User wants to set focus on the grid and then type in a few characters >> to do a progressive search. >> >> Thinking about the on_Key() but need to store the previous characters >> so that the progressive search works properly. >> >> Also thinking about some kind of time factor where the process would >> "forget" what was typed in after a few seconds... >> >> Any assistance greatly appreciated ( including maybe an RTFM ) > > There's a reason people use seeker or seekersql for this. What you're > looking at is rather complicated, to put it mildly. You would be better > off just sticking with those. > > Ken > > Thanks Ken Please see my reply to Akshat