Find an item in a list

You can find an item in a Combo Box or List Box list. You specify the item caption, and the method returns the index number of the first item found. Otherwise, the method returns -1.

Find an item in a Combo Box or List Box list

• In an action script, use the following method:

  Index = ControlName.FindItem("ItemCaption");

  where ControlName is the name of the Combo Box or List Box control and ItemCaption is the caption of the item you are looking for.

  The index is set to -1 if the item is not found, otherwise it contains the index of the first found item. The first item of the list has an index of 0.