Search Object Problem

[SingyBob]

I don't seem to be able to get the simple search (indexed search is fine) to work in the Search object. Does anyone have an easy example I could look at.
Regards, Ken.

[Sarah]

1) I added a File Object to the frame, so that I could get the MyDocuments address from it.
2) Added a string to the frame to get the first filename that met the conditions.
3) Set the search directory to be MyDocuments (from the File Object)
4) Set the search wildcard to "*result*.*" (replace result with the word you want in the filename)
5) Added an event:
......Upon pressing SpaceBar
...........Find text "*.*"
6) Added a second event:
......Always
...........Set alterable string of string$ to Search filename$
(Use the get result filename action of the Search object)

This found me a file with result in the filename

I don't know why you need to set the wildcards in a separate action, but you do!

[SingyBob]

Sarah, thanks for your help with this. However, I should have been more clear in my original post. What I am trying to do is find a word within a known file, not text which is part of the filename. Does simple search make this possible (finding text within a document), or do I have to use indexed search?
Regards, Ken.

[Yves]

Have you loaded the Search Object example from the CD #2 of MMF2?

[Sarah]

The example on CD #2 is for an index search only. The example also has a few comments in it that suggest it isn't quite complete