Finding 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.

Finding 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.

Related Topics

Configuring Combo Box and List Box Methods