How to Search Textbox with lots of information in it

[ingensystems]

Does anyone have any script to search a textbox for certain text?

Please let me know.

Thanks,

Shawn

[hangalot]

easy. if it is a perfect match do a split on the string. if the arrays length is 1 it was not found, else it containes the text

[mmm..pi..3.14..]

This is a bit more complicated but is very cool. You need 2 text boxes, one multiline dynamic text box (instance name of "TextBox"), and one input field (instance name of "FindText") Also add a button to the stage with the instance name "FindBtn"

Then add this script to your frame:


_root.FindBtn.onRelease = function() {
var TextToFind = TextBox.text.indexOf(FindText.text)
Selection.setFocus("_root.TextBox")
Selection.setSelection(TextToFind, TextToFind+FindText.text.length)
}

This will highlight the text that was in the FindText box inside the TextBox, so type something in the TextBox, like:

this will find text and highlight it inside the text box when you press the button =)

Then in the FindText box type:

highlight it inside

and then press the button, the string you want to find will be highlighted

Eric :)