>>>the listbox does not reflect the new pointer position...
>>>any other ideas?
>>Instead textbox, lisbox and search button you can use just one combobox
>>with Style property =2 (DropDown List) and RowSourceType property =6 (Fields)
>>By default IncrementalSearch property is .T., so you can just type your text in the combobox and it will scroll your database for you.
>>
>>HTH,
>>Nick
>Nick, I like that idea alot it is nice and clean, however, the users that
>this program is aimed at are not typists by any strech of the imagination.
>I mean that the frequent pauses between key strokes would send the incremental search all over the place probably generating alot of frustration. Unless there is a way to extend the time allowed between key
>strokes that triggers a new search?

I know it might be considered as a waste of message space, but I remember very well one of the article of FoxKnowledge on-line mag describing how to set the time-wait for keystrokes on the incremental search for Fox2.6...