>Hi,
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>I have a window/form that has many check boxes. Each check box has a caption. I want to add a text box at the top of the form so that the user can search for any check box caption which contains the entered text. For example, when a user enters "fox", a method of the form will scan all check boxes and check if the caption has the word "fox." So far, it is all fairly easy to do.
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>But then I want the substring of the caption to change the color (or make it bold). For example, if a check box has a caption
>"Visual FoxPro" I want the word/substring "Fox" to be highlighted by a color or make it bold.
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>Is this possible? And if yes, how? TIA
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but maybe you could compromise - if there is a partial match on a given caption, change the colour of the entire caption - or make it bold etc.
In a form with many checkboxes/captions, that would make them easier to find at a glance. It would let them see, "this checkbox matches your search". If their search string is something "slim" like "Il", that may be only a portion of a given caption, and be hard to spot.
Do you actually need to show the user
why a given checkbox matches their search?
Regards. Al
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