Finding using a script with user input

[colleent]

I know how to preform predefine finds in my scripts but I would like to find based off user input. I have a very basic customer database listing address, city, state...I would like to create a button that will pop up a dropdown list of all the states and then preform the find based on the user selection. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[stanley]

Colleent:

You need a layout with your "state" field in it, set to show a dropdown list, with the value list set to show all the values of the field "state" (so it will only show states that are actually in your db.) Create a button that says "find this" or whatever, and define it to Resume Script. Now, create a script that does the following:

Go To Layout [the layout you just created]

Enter Find Mode []

Pause/Resume Script []

Go To Layout [a list layout, showing the results]

That's it. The "[]" above means that do not enter anything in the resulting dialogs, or in the case of the layout steps, to pick the right layout. The pause will wait until the user clicks your button or hits enter.

-Stanley