AutoSearchField

rbuser

Hello again!

procedure ReportAfterAutoSearchDialogCreate;
begin
Report.AutoSearchFields[0].Value:=
FormatDateTime('dd.mm.yyyy',CurrentDate);
end;

According to my understanding of the helpfile this should change the value
before the dialog
is showed to the user, with the changed value as a default in the dialog,
but the dialog is showing
the value that is initially set on the search-tab in the querydesigner.

What am i doing wrong?

Best regards,
Terje

rbuser

Surely as this event is called AFTERAutoSearchDialogCreate, it is too late
to change the text in the dialog. I'd have thought that
BEFOREAutoSearchDialogCreate would be more appropriate?

Jason Sweby
Software Development Manager,
Carval Computing Limited, Plymouth, UK

Payroll - HR - T&A - Access Control

rbuser

I tried to move the code to the BeforeAutoSearchDialogCreate but the result
is the same. No change in the default values in the AutoSearchFields.

This is what the help-file says about the event
"AfterAutoSearchDialogCreate"
This event fires after the AutoSearchDialog has been created, but before it
has been configured to reflect the AutoSearchFields. Changes made to the
AutoSearchFields from this event will be reflected in the dialog.

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Best regards,

Terje

"Jason Sweby" skrev i melding

rbuser

If you want to affect the date the user sees in the dialog, I think you
would have to write:

Report.AutoSearchFields[0].SearchCriteria :=
FormatDateTime('dd.mm.yyyy',CurrentDate);

not .Value

Regards, Paul.

rbuser

Sorry but that did not work. And yes i want to affect the date the user sees
in the dialog and
show them current date. In what property is the values the users see in a
dialog stored?

Mvh, Terje

rbuser

Yes, sorry, that isn't the right property. Try:

Report.AutoSearchFields[0].SearchExpression :=
FormatDateTime('dd.mm.yyyy',CurrentDate);

Paul.