How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code?

[jennygong]

How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code? Thank you very much!

[TheSmitchell]

Re: How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code?

Current search what?

[jennygong]

Re: How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code?

Current search what?

I have a search bar, which is dropdown box with initial value there. For example, that search column name is "Group Type", and the initial value is "FA". When i run the ongridExecute event, I want to get the current search variable, which the first time is "FA", later on will be dynamically changed based on user choice.

[CharlesParker]

Re: How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code?

are you trying to get a history of what was searched for? or trying to filter based on a search? To say that you want to get the current search variable doesnt really make sense because a variable from a programming side should be a known value even if it is based on other criteria, unless of course its a random number , etc.
So my thoughts are that you want to know what the user is typing into the box?
Like are you trying to filter the results based on the input from a edit-combo drop down selection?
if that's the case then set your show hide expressions for the other columns based on that selection.
like
<field> = "Yes"
would be a show/hide expression

hope I am not far off...

[GGandhi]

Re: How to get value of current search variable in xbasic code?

while no body can help you when you don't give information about what you are seeking in what context, here is one way of getting the info:

say if you have a search field called name then
select server side events, then beforeSearch event there
you put the following code right after the declaration of the function but before rest of any statements that are present

debug(1)
dim searchaVariable as c
searchVariable = SearchDataSubmitted.name

run on the working preview you will see the searchVariable has the data submitted.
also, alpha has many functions in server side, client side already written for you to use. it takes a minute to search thru that.
it might come in handy.