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How to display a lookup while typing

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Posted on by ThivaKar 931

Hi all,

I have a field say CustAccnt lookup with customer account number and customer name.

Normally if i type the account number 100*, then it displays the lookup that starts with 100.

My need is to type the customer name for example, if i type electronic , it should display the the list of customer names starts with electronic, how to achieve this without * to display the lookup like filter.

Thanks,

Rusty

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  • Hichem.Chekebkeb Profile Picture
    Hichem.Chekebkeb 3,371 on at

    Try simulating the same effect by adding * at the end of search string. Use onModified method or event

  • ThivaKar Profile Picture
    ThivaKar 931 on at

    Hi,

    I mean without * is it possible to force the lookup

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    Vilmos Kintera Profile Picture
    Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

    Override the textChange() method on the form control to capture modification of field value realtime.

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../formstringcontrol.textchange.aspx

    Then with each character typed, you will monitor the value of the control to match your lookup criteria.

    When the criteria is met, you can just simply call the lookup() method on the form control.

    If you want filtering like you would do with the asterisk character, you would need to implement that yourself in the lookup method by adding the query range to your lookup query yourself.

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