I recently read this message because I had same problem with
searching directly in grid. The only workaround I found is to put
Telesis Enchansed IB_EditEnh component into grid (for some reson it
does not work with IB_Edit) for each column that I want to be able to
search grid by, so when I put dataset into dssSearch state I can do
search. It also works for IB_LookupCombo and that covers most of the
needs I have. It looks better then to call SearchPanel because there
You can't get any LookupCombos if You want to search by values from
the existing list of values.

Hope this helps.

--- In IBObjects@y..., Ale¹ Kahánek <ales.kahanek@n...> wrote:
> > From: Jason Wharton [mailto:jwharton@i...]
> >
> > There are methods SaveSearchCriteria() and
> > WriteSearchCriteria() that allow
> > you to store them into stringlists.
>
> OK, I know about these methods, but I would like to make the
controls behave
> in the same good manner like when they are on the base form.
Probably I am
> doing something wrong and I do not know what (after 2 hours of
trying :)
>
> > Also, what I do is use a TIB_SearchPanel and toggle the grid and
it's
> > Visible property so that the grid goes away and the search
> > panel appears
> > during search mode.
>
> This is a good idea, I think.
>
> >
> > HTH,
> > Jason Wharton
> > CPS - Mesa AZ
> > http://www.ibobjects.com
> >
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