Re: Searching through a list or type of box...

[TDA]

...for a particular string?


Lets say you have the text

"bacon and eggs" in a editbox,

(or
"bacon
eggs" in a listbox.)

and you want the app end if "bacon" is in the editbox (or listbox) when the timer = 1 second.

is there a way to do this? (using an extension or something)

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Timer = 1 second
+*magic condition here*

Then end app
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[DavidN]

So basically, you want to check to see whether any part of the edit box contains the string of characters "bacon"?

It would be possible to do this using a fastloop, taking Mid$(loopindex, 5) of the Edit object repeatedly and checking against "bacon", but I'm sure you could use an extension to do it in a neater way. Perhaps the String Parser 2.

Doing it in a listbox is far easier - set a counter to (FindStringExact("List Object", "bacon", -1)). This expression returns -1 if the string could not be found, and the line number the string was found on if it was. Then you'd just need to check whether the counter was 0 or above before you ended the frame.

[TDA]

That second thing you said is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

Thanks sooo much!