Hi Ryan,

>> Thanks Paul. I'll see if my users can live with that. If not, I
>> may have to convert this module off of IBO native components to
>> the bde replacement components.
>
> Not a very "forward thinking" move!!
> BDE is dead!
> (...)
> If I'm understanding what you want correctly, I have implemented
> this feature throughout my app.
>
> Set the SeekNearest property of the TIB_ComboBox to True.
> Then set the 'CaseInsensitive' flag of ColumnAttributes for the
> field in question of the LOOKUP dataset.

I think you mean TIB_LookupCombo. Stan is using a TIB_ComboBox here,
which is basically a data-aware straight ComboBox. You supply the
items yourself (possible loading them from a Cursor) and whatever the
user selects becomes the field value, and vice versa.
It doesn't have SeekNearest and knows nothing of Lookup sets.

TIB_LookupCombo comes with a complete TIB_CustomGrid as a dropdown
list, is lookup-aware, etc. etc. It's a real heavyweight and therefore
also slower, and in order for it to function you have to keep a lookup
query open all the time.

Having said all that, maybe it would be a good alternative for Stan.
It all depends on what he uses it for.


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog