Combo_Item_Matching - ComboEntry

Returns the number of the combo item whose value matches sText

Type: Function
Return Data Type: Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
sText	String	The value to be searched for in the combo list

Syntax

Function Combo_Item_Matching String sText Returns Integer

Call Example

Get Combo_Item_Matching sText to IntegerVariable

Description

The Combo_item_matching function returns the number of the combo item whose value matches sText. This is the message you will want to use to determine if an item in the internal list matches your form sText. This finds the item position in the internal list and not the Windows list. If the Windows list is sorted, these positions will be different.

This function checks to see if a value is in the combo-list

Function IsValueInList string sValue Returns Boolean
    integer iPos
    Get Combo_Item_Matching sValue to iPos // find the value in the list
    Function_return (iPos>=0)
End_function

This function removes a value from the combo list and returns true if the item existed:

Function RemoveValue string sValue Returns Boolean
    integer iPos
    Get Combo_Item_Matching sValue to iPos // find the value in the list
    If (iPos>=0) Begin
         Send Combo_Delete_Item iPos
    End
    Function_return (iPos>=0)
End_function

Combo_Item_Matching can be used to match and find your current value with the value in your list. This sample assumes that you have an additional array of records that are added (and therefore ordered) the same as you data-list. This function returns the record for the current value in your combo form.

Function CurrentComboRecord returns integer
    string sValue
    integer iRecord iPos
    Get Value to sValue // the value of the combo-form
    Get Combo_Item_Matching sValue to iPos // find the value in the list
    If (iPos=-1) Begin
        Move -1 to iRecord  // not found, no record...return -1
    End
    Else Begin
       Get Value of oRecords iPos to iRecord // record id from the record array object
    End
    Function_return iRecord
End_function

Return Value

If no combo item in the object has such a value, -1 is returned (0 is the number of the first combo item).