Andrus,

I think the current implementation works fine for the particular needs of this site. It might be different for your site and your application...

BTW, it's an interesting way of discussion:

A aksed a question.
B gave an example of implementation.
A criticizes B's implementation...

:)


>>>I need to enter customers by name to form field (input type=text):
>>>
>>>1. User will type some first letters of customer name
>>>
>>>2. If an attempt is move out from name field, a call to Webserver is made Sample of such call is at www.ashleyit.com/rs/rscookie.txt.
>>>This call returns 30 matching customer names and customer IDs . Those names are displayed to
>>>user in separate pop-up window. If user makes selection,
>>>field contents should be replaced by customer name. Selected Customer ID must be saved to hidden form field.
>>>
>>>3. If no match, an error message should be displayed and name field
>>>will not lose focus.
>>>
>>>Are there any samples how to implement this using Internet Explorer in client side ?
>>
>>Yes, we have it here. Click on New message. Then, click on the Search icon, as if you would redirect the message to someone, in order to get the member ID. That will popup a window to enter the first and last name. Then, we show a list. Once in there, you check the one you want and click on the select icon and you'll see the member ID appearing on the member ID field.
>
>Thank you reply.
>
>Why do'nt you allow to enter first and last names directly instead on Id field?
>If there is one match, you can expand and show the full name. If there are
>a number of names, you can display a list and allow user to select from list.
>Current user interface displays cryptic Ids, name is NOT displayed
>even after selection !!
>This user interface is inconsistent: sometimes it uses names, sometimes Id without names. This is just like to enter hexadecimal assemply code instead of using Javascript.
>
>It is also very time consuming: if I don'nt know ids but I know the name, I
>am forced to use 2 (two!) intermediate windows to make selecton.