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Why XBROWSE has oSeek object ?
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 08:27 AM

Hi All ,

I have already posted some topics with relate to this topic. Basically wanted to know what is main purpose of introducing oSeek object in the XBROWSE class ?

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Shridhar

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Shridhar

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Roger Seiler

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Re: Why XBROWSE has oSeek object ?
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 02:15 PM

Used for incremental seek. That is, if you have a browse of data that is indexed by lastname+firstname, then you can have a special SAY under the browse where the user can key in a person's lastname+firstname. As each character is keyed in, the highlighted row in the browse jumps to whatever record matches the characters entered so far. In this way, the user usually doesn't have to enter the entire lastname+firstname in order to find the required record. In addition, if looking for someone for whom the user doesn't know the exact spelling of the entire name, they will likely still find who they are looking for due to the incremental seek's way of approximation.

shri_fwh

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Re: Why XBROWSE has oSeek object ?
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 02:58 PM

Hi Roger ,

Yes..! Agreed....!
But the oSeek in fact method Seek of XBROWSE has so many limitations. It works fine only in the particular coding style. As I know some FWH programmer use oSeek to assign GET objects but actually it does not support. I am not sure what oSeek provide extra the facility over cSeek variable. I do not know how FWH expert shows the Incremental search in their application. If they shows as same as our examples then It is not professional way to display the list.

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Shridhar

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