Autosearch Dialog

rbuser

I have an end-user report writer based on an example from with in the demos
area of RB.

When the autosearch dialog pops-up to collect information from the user, it
currently uses the actual field name instead of the field alias from the
fields tab.

For example, I can have a field selected on the fields tab of the query
designer called BDATE. This field could be a "Beginning Transaction Date"
or it could be "Birth Date". You are allowed to "rename" this fields on the
fields tab to have a more "friendly" name other that BDATE. It would be
nice to be able to use this "friendly" name on the Autosearch dialog that
comes up instead of the actual field name.

Is there anyway to do this?

Thanks in advance,

Bo

nardmoseley

The Query Designer's Search tab does not currently allow the FieldAlias to
be specified for AutoSearch fields, that is the limitation. When you modify
the FieldAlias for a Select field, that field object is not related to the
AutoSearch field object. (I will put this on our To Do list for future
enhancements).

In the Report.BeforeAutoSearchDialogCreate event, you can access the
AutoSearchFields[] and modify the FieldAlias:

Report.AutoSearchFields[0].FieldAlias := 'Customer Number';




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Nard Moseley
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