> IB_SearchEdit: 'ca45' is entered.
> Now Enter is pressed.
> Before the value is given to the query I'd like to change it to
> 'DAN-CA 45'
> And then processing may linger on...

I'm not entirely sure, but you may be able to attach an OnSetText
event to the parameter column (assign the event handler in the
AfterPrepare dataset event). You could then translate the value as it
is assigned to the column and everything else should proceed as
required (I think :-)

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing