I am attempting to implement an "EDIT" menu popup with the usual functions. On browsing the OI docs, I found the EDITFIND SSP, which does most of what I am looking for, but does not seem to contain REPLACE functionality. The code I am looking at does not seem to have been updated since OI 3.5. What are all you other developers using to implement the standard Edit/Find … Replace functionality?
Peter,
As far as I can understand you ask about Find and Find/Replace features for data entry windows, i.e, able to work on one field from one row at a time. Even though my apps have fields that may contain a fair amount of text my clients never asked for such Find and Find/Replace features. I have however supplied them with utilities for doing Find/Replace on one field at a time through a whole table. I have one tool for normal data fields and one tool for keys. The tools have Replace/Replace All/Find Next/Cancel options, along with a "Free Edit" option to allow for manual changes. In my new app I will adapt these tools to be able to work on a subset of a table - a query result list.
- Oystein -
Oystein,
Thanks for responding. I need Find/Replace functionality in OI because the AREV app I am converting handles a fair bit of text processing, and I had Find/Replace functionality in the AREV app, through SCRIBE. I note that the OI System Editor itself has that functionality. As an OI novice, I was hoping that another developer had already coded a solution and was willing to share the code.
Peter