spotlight

[Dani R]

i am trying to make a find script that will do a find in all the fields in the way of spotlight can anybody help me?

[LaurenKuhlman]

If you have FM10, this is a lot easier. If not, its still possible. Here is a quick example (not written by me) on how to do it with FM10:

http://www.excelisys.com/web/downloads/files/SearchFilter.zip

[Dani R]

thank you.

The problem is That in a layout i have 5 Fields i need to make the find from 5 of the fields?

[bcooney]

This thread might help. An upgrade to FM10 will also help, since a script trigger will let the find happen as the user types.

But, a good old Find layout is what I recommend. It's difficult to account for every find combination and field set. You might be painting scripting yourself into a corner.

[Dani R]

I read what you post.

I did not under stand how to do a find on 5 fields on the same layout ?

(that if i enter in the shrch "dan" it will do a find in all the 5 fields)

Edited August 8, 2009 by Guest

[Lee Smith]

As you can see by the links provided, there are couple of ways to have a Spotlight search.

Here is another file, Link, that nightwing has free for downloading, it's the method I prefer.

Before these new tools were available, I would have used a calculation field and searched it.

Search Field (Calculation, Text Result) =

FirstName & " " & LastName & " " & Company & " " & City & " " & ZIP

HTH

Lee