Scripting a find in a checkbox field?

[Chris Good]

I hav a field that is a bunch of checkboxes from a value list. I want to write a script to run a find with one or more of the check boxes selected. Is there a script step I could use to do that?

Any ideas?

[Fitch]

It sounds like you want to find all records where that field is not empty. Try this:

Enter Find Mode

Set field (your checkboxes, "*")

Perform Find

[Chris Good]

Thanks Fitch. That's what I was looking for.

[-Queue-]

You could also simply use the Perform Find [Restore] step with the asterisk as the criteria for the checkbox field.

[Fitch]

That's true, and in FM7 I'll probably get in the habit of using Find(Restore) now that you can explicitly set Find requests from a script step. In FM6 I prefer not to do it that way -- it makes script harder to maintain IMO. I like to make it easy on myself or the next developer when it comes time to modify the script.

[-Queue-]

I completely agree. All my 5.5 projects use explicit find requests, unless it is a simple flag, then I use a comment just prior to the step stating the field and its criteria.