Can you do an exact match find using only scripts?

[GrantSwaim]

Newbie here...

I have an application where I give the user a layout with a single field that is formatted to use a drop down list. The user chooses a category from the list and clicks on a button that runs a find script. The matching records are then displayed on another layout in a list.

The problem is that this will also return records that contain the string. I want to only display exact matches. I know that you could add "==" to the beginning of the category name to get an exact match, but then I couldn't utilize the drop down menu.

Is there another way to force a find to only return exact matches? Can this be done in scripting?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Pupiweb]

Sure, try this

Enter Find mode [Pause]

//The user enters data from the value list

Set field (TheSearchField, "==" & TheSearchField)

Perform Find

[Vaughan]

That's perfect pupiweb, just space it out to make it easier to read:

Enter Find mode [Pause]

//The user enters data from the value list

Set field (TheSearchField, "==" & TheSearchField)

Perform Find